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Hungary activists take immigration billboard war to Orban's hometown

Budapest (AFP) - A row over Hungarian government posters seen as xenophobic looks set to intensify after organisers of a counter-campaign say their spoof versions will launch next month, including in Prime Minister Viktor Orban's hometown.

The counter-campaign raised around 32 million forints (100,000 euros, $115,000) within a week, Gergo Kovacs, head of one of the organisers, the satirical activist Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party (MKKP), told AFP Tuesday.
Some 500 spoof posters will be plastered on billboards nationwide July 1, including in Orban's hometown of Felcsut, followed by another 500 in mid-July, Kovacs said.
One proposed slogan for two of the posters in Felcsut directly mimics one of the government posters. ...