Demonstration held against migration-related amendments

Budapest, September 2 (MTI) – A demonstration was held in Budapest on Wednesday evening in support of migrants and against the government’s planned amendments concerning migration policy.

The demonstration started at Nyugati railway station and people then walked on to the square in front of parliament.

Addressing the demonstration, Zsuzsanna Zsohar, an activist of the organising Migration Aid, called on the government to stop its “window-dressing measures and the fear mongering” in connection with the migrant crisis.

The organisation was able to help about 70,000 migrants in the past ten weeks thanks to the over 100 activists and thousands of people donating to the cause, Zsohar said.

She said the government should stop “demonising” people as there were no “illegal people” or collectively guilty parties. She also called on the government to actively take part in the EU’s integration policies.