“The new pact overwrites Hungary’s migration procedures, which could lead to the emergence of migrant ghettoes in the country,” said Csaba Dömötör.
The local government offices processed 40,000 asylum applications and registered 1.2 million entries from Ukraine.
In this morning’s interview on Kossuth Radio's "Good Morning, Hungary!," Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discussed several key issues, including migration, the national consultation, the situation in Ukraine, and the Hungarian...
The proposal would require Hungary to assess 28.3% of all refugee applications from migrants arriving in the EU.
The foreign minister said that Europe was simultaneously faced with two serious security challenges: the war to the east and waves of migration from the south.
Fidesz MEP Balázs Hidvéghi said efforts were underway to set up a system that would be a return to the quota system “that failed years ago”.
A new plan would require member states that refuse to accommodate migrants to pay an equivalent of 8 million forints (EUR 22,000) per migrant.
Balázs Hidvéghi said that eight years after the crisis the European Parliament is still talking about the need to increase European solidarity and help with the placement and distribution of immigrants.
Balázs Hidvéghi said Europe must fundamentally change its approach to migration in order to prevent further human tragedy on the Mediterranean.
Balázs Hidvéghi said that in 2015 Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had been “the first European leader to realise and stress that the borders must be protected, by erecting a fence, if necessary, and he actually had such a fence built”.
Regarding migration, President Novák said Hungary was on the same page as Austria and that accepting and helping refugees was a humanitarian task.
The state secretary said illegal migration is picking up at Hungary’s border with 214,000 illegal entry attempts made so far this year.