Fidesz MEP Balázs Hidvéghi said the European Union's migration pact would "further aggravate an already serious migration situation in Europe … it would contribute to the emergence of further migrant ghettos."
According to MTI, Hidvéghi said after a European parliamentary debate on the new migration and refugee regulation that the package would “forcibly introduce” a system in which decisions on asylum applications would only be made “after the illegal migrant [applicants] are allowed to enter”. “And we know that Europe is unable to send migrants back to their countries of origin … even if they could not lawfully stay in the EU”. “The migration package will open Europe’s gates wide before illegal migrants,” the MEP insisted. In his contribution to the debate, Hidvéghi said the “essence” of the debate was not helping refugees. “We all want to help people in need. This debate, in its essence, is about whether or not we can preserve our European identity, our way of life, norms, culture and traditions,” he said. He said supporting mass migration was putting those values at risk. “It is in reality a social transformation project that is imposed upon the European people”, mostly without asking for their opinion, he said.