Hungarian govt submits comprehensive legislation tightening immigration rules
The government has submitted to parliament a draft law that would tighten regulation on immigration, the interior ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
The measure was prompted by mass migration, the statement said. “Hungary belongs to Hungarians and they are the ones primarily entitled to the jobs here,” it said.
The legislation aims to determine who is entitled to live in Hungary and the time they are allowed to spend here, the statement said. Residence in the country will not be unlimited and foreigners won’t be able to prolong it automatically.
The proposed legislation will also determine the legal requirements and conditions to foreigners’ residence and employment in Hungary, it said.
Those failing to adhere to Hungarian laws and regulations will have to leave immediately or will be expelled, the statement said.
Foreigners may take on jobs only if there are no Hungarian applicants for the position. The number of guest workers brought in may not exceed the number of vacancies. Their residence will be for a limited time only, the ministry said. Foreign citizens will be allowed in Hungary only if the requirements, legal grounds, time frame and conditions set by the Hungarian state are observed, the statement said.
Third-country citizens are only allowed long-term residence and employment with the express permission of the state, and only if their presence “serves the interests of the Hungarian society and does not put even a single Hungarian citizen at a disadvantage,” it said.
Source: MTI
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“Foreigners” is a relative term, since we are all EU citizens with commensurate rights:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/147/free-movement-of-persons
Free movement of persons is one of the fundamental freedoms guaranteed by EU law and includes the right to live and work in another Member State. This right also extends to other categories of people such as students, pensioners, and EU citizens in general.
So much for Hungary for the Hungarians, then!
After opposition party Mi Hazánk brought the new “guest workers” law of the Fidesz government in the public eye and resistance grow, Orbán first got rid of this law and now created this new immigration law. Orbán played the same game with Jobbik in the past after Jobbik gained support with their program from the populations.