BUDAPEST - A Hungarian school unlawfully segregated minority Roma students for years, the country’s top court said in a final ruling on Tuesday, granting 100 million forints in compensation to the children’s families.
The Kuria case involved an elementary school in Gyongyospata, a town that has been a flashpoint of ethnic tensions in the past. Horvath, a member of the ruling Fidesz party and the area’s representative in Parliament, said he would propose legal changes to prevent such court decisions. Orban used his first major press conference this year to decry the damages award to 60 Gyongyospata Roma and their families by a lower court.
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