Foreign minister: Basic principle of UN migrant package does not accord with reality
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The principle on which the UN’s current migrant package is based has nothing to do with reality, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Prague after talks with his Czech counterpart Martin Stropnicky.
“The principle laid down in the draft document [that migration has positive effects and cannot be stopped] is false and fabricated,” Szijjártó told reporters, adding that Hungary rejects this statement.
“Migration is dangerous and it can be stopped,”
he said, underlining his earlier statement that Hungary would start proceedings to quit United Nations talks on the migration package if the UN releases its draft document on February 5 as pledged.
Szijjártó thanked the Czechs for their contribution to Hungary’s border protection efforts aimed at quelling the migrant wave of previous years. “We have demonstrated together that migration can be stopped and borders can be protected in a joint effort,” he said.