Hungary goes beyond talking about solidarity and provides direct help to persecuted Christians, the foreign ministry state secretary in charge of programmes helping Christians said on Thursday, marking the international day commemorating the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief.
The Hungary Helps international aid scheme launched seven years ago has supported the consolidation of Christian communities in the Middle East, and provided humanitarian help, food and drugs to Christians who lost their home in several African countries, Tristan Azbej told public television.
Hungary has a vested interest in providing help because it can prevent a new wave of migration, he added.
He cited statistics showing that some 300 million people around the world are subjected to discrimination or get systematically persecuted by terrorist organisations because of their Christian faith. “There is not much talk about this tragedy globally, and especially in the West they try to hide and even deny that the majority of people persecuted because of their religion are Christians,” he added.
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