Hungary will not allow an unrestricted inflow of migrants from Afghanistan, a foreign ministry official said on Monday.
State secretary Levente Magyar told public media that the world was witnessing a “complete military and political collapse in Afghanistan” following the withdrawal international forces led by the US from the country.
When the United States announced that it was pulling its troops out of Afghanistan, the Hungarian government said this would have to be done in a way that ensured that the country
did not become a hotbed of international terrorism or a departure point for mass migration,
Magyar said.
“Unfortunately the operation has not been carried the way most of the world would have wanted,” he said. The Hungarian government refuses to make the Hungarian people suffer the consequences of such “flawed geopolitical decisions and operations”, he said.
Hungary refuses to yield to calls to give blanket admittance to those fleeing Afghanistan
in this difficult period, the state secretary said, insisting that there were “documents circulating in the international community calling on countries that had troops stationed in Afghanistan, and Western countries in general” to agree to the unrestricted admittance of Afghan migrants.
Magyar added, at the same time, that the Hungarian government was looking into ways it could help those who had worked for Hungarian troops as interpreters or in other capacities over the last 20 years. He emphasised that
Hungary and the US were military allies,
adding, however, that the US had the power to do things on the international stage that no other country could do.
“Obviously this is not how the withdrawal should have been handled,” Magyar said. “What we’re seeing right now in Kabul and other parts of Afghanistan is frightening, and I think … it could bring about an era in migration and international terrorism that we didn’t want and perhaps could have avoided.”
Magyar said Hungary needed to be prepared to face serious migration pressure soon, arguing that if migrants fleeing Afghanistan
make it through Turkey, they could reach Hungary’s southern border within days.
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So, this is a good time for the obvious question. Why aren’t the Afghani refugees going to Iran? They speak the same language, have the same religion. But their fellow believers have not stepped up to care for their religious brethren. They loudly demand asylum in countries that are culturally inadequate for co-existing. Those nations that resist, like Poland & Hungary are seen as obstacles to someone else’s idea of “progress” Why isn’t this being discussed?
These monkeys didn’t even fought for their home land, they won’t have respect for any foreign land either. They will look at the first mini ruha and will go maddddd.
Well, you certainly have a way with words Atilla the stone, but you’re right! The chaotic scenes which unfolded at Kabul airport yesterday were mainly men. Where were the women and children? Were they just abandoned by their men? It’s desperately sad, a tragedy, but the Afghans have had years to prepare and be trained for this. They knew troops would never remain there indefinitely but they chose to do nothing, just ran away. Even if the troops had left in 10 years time, this would still have happened. The Afghans did not want to fight for their country. Now the Taliban will impose their Sharia law and the women will suffer because of this. The men who ran away will never integrate into European society, as many who have left before from other countries haven’t either. These are two totally different cultures who cannot live side by side. Many (not all) see us as infidels and western women as whores.
As the USA pulled out and deserted Afghanistan, then the Americans need to take responsibility for their actions and take care of the refugees who are fleeing the Taliban, into America, Which is a very large country with plenty of space! Joe Biden should have used a little common sense and learnt from history! It seems the USA always let down the countries they invade!
Hungary does not need to receive migrants due to bad US policies. The US conned the EU into supporting the US Army in Afghanistan. There the US and EU politicians failed to allow the armed forces to do their job, destroying the Taliban. Biden stopped using logic in the exit, thereby, creating total chaos.
The lesson to be learned should be, do not ally yourself with the US when there is a democrat government.