Orbán: ‘We successfully defended Hungary’s right to border protection’

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in a video posted on his Facebook page on Thursday, said Hungary had “successfully defended” its right to protect its borders at this week’s European Union summit in Brussels.

Orbán added that the debate on migration was not over yet.

“Some people think that migration is a good thing and they keep pushing on,” he said. “We think it is dangerous.”

Hungary together with “a few other countries managed to repel the pro-migration proposals of the Brussels bureaucrats,” Orbán said, adding that some leaders still insisted that Europe needs migration.

“And then there’s us, who say that our borders should be protected, that migration is dangerous and that every country should have the right to decide for itself whether it wants to let anyone into its territory,” he said.

The migration debate is set to continue in December, he added.

Orbán’s video in Hungarian:

The Visegrad Group countries hold talks with Japan’s prime minister before attending a summit with Asian leaders, he noted.