Hungarian FM: Government to submit 12-point proposal to UN migration package
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The Hungarian government has approved a 12-point proposal concerning the United Nations’ draft package on migration and will submit it to the head of the UN General Assembly, the foreign minister said on Thursday.
The proposal includes measures aimed at guaranteeing the safety of Hungarians, Péter Szijjártó said in his opening address to an international conference focusing on the UN’s migration package in Budapest.
If the 12-point proposal does not get incorporated into the UN package, Hungary will not be in a position to support the community’s draft, he said.
Expounding the proposal, Szijjártó said that migration is dangerous and carries serious national security risks, as has been proven over the recent period.
It calls on the international community to give priority to measures aimed at halting migration. Further, it establishes that the right to migration is not a basic human right, he said.
The proposal highlights the negative aspects of migration, including its effects on those forced to leave their homes and on transit countries. It also points out that migration can force communities to take in and integrate a large number of people with a different cultural background, the minister said.