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Lázár: Brussels wants to ‘legalise illegal migration’
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Budapest, September 29 (MTI) – The European Commission aims to “legalise illegal migration”, the government office chief said on Thursday.
Unlike Brussels, the Hungarian government wants to stop illegal migration, János Lázár said in his weekly news conference. Central European countries share the view that migration is not needed and that it is “inconceivable” that they would allow migrants to be settled in their countries, Lázár added.
He said Hungarian voters were not anti-European but rather had “a problem with Brussels”. It is hard for Hungarians to accept that the commission wants to take away Hungary’s right to determine who can or cannot live in the country. This is a right Hungary cannot relinquish, Lázár said, arguing that it is a matter of national sovereignty.
He reiterated the government’s position that the Oct. 2 migrant quota referendum is a national issue that stands above party politics. Lázár urged all Hungarian citizens to take part in the vote on Sunday. He insisted that a referendum was the strongest among democratic institutions and offered an opportunity for voters to express their opinion, this time on a matter “concerning their own lives”.
European plans to “automatically distribute migrants” is against the interests of Hungarians, Lázár said.
High turnout at the Oct. 2 referendum is important, he said. “It is important that people see eye to eye and cooperate over a fundamental cause,” Lázár said. The lack of such cooperation would “weaken Hungary in battles in Brussels,” he added.
Leave the E.U. it is not worth the headaches, burden of taking terrorist migrants or the countless laws and orders which discriminates against Hungary and other Central European countries. The only good thing that came out of Brussels was the waffle.