Orbán warns Hungarian opposition would accept EU’s migrant quotas in Hungary

"I will say it openly, I do not see a compromise between the opposition and the government on this issue as possible," said Orbán

By Remix News Staff
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has made opposition to immigration a key plank in his political career. Now, he is sounding the alarm that if the opposition wins upcoming national elections, namely the Tisza Party, Hungary will quickly become a nation of immigrants just like neighboring Germany.

In turn, all the problems that have beset Germany, including an education crisis, soaring crime, clan gangs, a poor track record of integration, and soaring deficit costs, will also take root in Hungary.

“We can see what migration has brought about in the West. Public security has collapsed in many large cities, migrant gangs are terrorizing people, crime has skyrocketed and bombings are frequent. In contrast, Hungary is an island of peace and security,,” Orbán said in the Hungarian Parliament before the agenda on Monday.

In his speech at the first session of the autumn session, Orbán noted that Hungary had failed to find partners to block the EU migration pact in Brussels, and that efforts to withdraw have so far been unsuccessful — again due to a lack of allies.

“Therefore, the European Commission continues to want to force its migration pact on Hungary,” he warned.

He highlighted that the migration pact is supported by the left-wing parliamentary opposition parties and the Tisza Party, but the Hungarian government opposes it, does not accept it, and will not implement it.

He also noted that “Brussels has imposed financial sanctions on Hungary for not allowing migrants in.”

The prime minister stated that the number of illegal migrants in Hungary is zero and will remain that way as long as his Fidesz Party is in power.

Opposition would go along with Brussels

Hungary’s opposition, the Tisza Party and the DK, announced that they would comply with Brussels’ demand to implement migrant quotas. Under the new EU law, migrants should be distributed across the EU, and any country that refuses must pay up to €22,000 in solidarity fees. Hungary has been opposed to such a move dating back to the 2016 migrant crisis.

Remarkably, despite claims that migrants are the “future” of the EU, who would help save Europe’s pension system and provide workers to an aging workforce, the reality has been completely different. Now, countries like Germany and France are looking to offload their migrants into countries like Hungary, all under the guise of calling it “solidarity.”

According to the Hungarian government, the opposition’s agreement to the EU migrant pact would be a suicidal policy and these migrants should not be allowed in.

“There is no room for experiments on the issue of migration, because in this matter, mistakes simply cannot be made,” said Orbán.

Orbán also mentioned that where migrants have been allowed in, public safety has drastically deteriorated, public spaces are dangerous, some city districts are uninhabitable, and local residents are moving away.

“I will say it openly, I do not see a compromise between the opposition and the government on this issue as possible. As long as there is a national, not a Brussels-based, government in Hungary, the southern fence will remain, there will be no migration pact, so there will be no migrant ghettos, and there will be no migrant crime,” he said.

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