Hungarian FM expects pressure of migration to stay

Migration pressure is here to stay, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in an interview, adding that it was not a matter of indifference whether migrants were stopped at the Hungarian-Serbian border or at the Hungarian-Austrian border.

“If the Austrians stop the wave of migrants and the migrants are already in Hungary — which would be the case if there’s a change in government — then Hungary would turn into a collection camp for migrants,” he told public news channel M1 on Friday.

Szijjártó insisted that the dispute over the United Nations’ global migration package had taken an “absurd turn”. The proposal, he said, stated that new arrivals, regardless of their status, would be eligible for the same services as people who already live in the country for decades.

The majority of UN general assembly members are countries of origin for migrants or are transit countries, he said.