PM Orbán knows the solution to migration
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Illegal migration could be resolved but “the European Union is reluctant to take that course”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a press briefing held together with his Visegrád Group counterparts in Bratislava on Monday.
“The Hungarian position is unchanged: once a request is filed to enter the EU, the applicant must physically stay outside the European borders until their application is evaluated,” Orbán said.
“If we declared that only those persons whose procedures are completed and to whom a member state has granted entry can enter the EU, the problem would be over,” Orbán said.
The EU is reluctant to take that step, and “we need to continue fighting to that end”, Orbán said.
Concerning a budget change proposal by the European Commission, Orbán said the funds that would be allocated to fighting illegal migration were “ridiculously low”. He said the proposal, in its current form, was “ridiculous and unfit for discussion”, and called for another EC proposal “that could be taken seriously”.
Apart from illegal migration, participants in the V4 meeting also discussed the situation in Ukraine, issues around the Western Balkans and the EU’s green agreement.
Orbán’s Facebook post on the matter: he wrote “migrants have to be kept outside”:
Concerning the Western Balkans, Orbán said countries in the region shared the position that the region’s European integration should be accelerated. Though “Ukraine currently is largely in the focus”, other problems should not be neglected such as “growing tensions in the Balkans that require refined and complex solutions”, Orbán said, adding that “the EU’s treatment of those problems has been laden with mistakes and failures”. He called for a European Balkans policy that “offers a clear perspective of membership” to peoples in the region. He said “an impression that Ukraine could sooner become an EU member than countries that have been candidates for years must be prevented”.
The obvious flaw in Mr. Orbán’s reasoning is that not everyone is an “illegal immigrant”. There are bona fide asylum seekers. And they have rights, accorded to them under international laws and conventions (you know – the things we sign as a nation and that limits our “sovereignty” in certain areas).
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R0604-20130629
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/common-european-asylum-system/country-responsible-asylum-application-dublin-regulation_en
Lastly – EU accession … Copenhagen criteria should be met: https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/enlargement-policy/glossary/accession-criteria_en
And uh, continue to be met. According to most of the EU Members (and that’s why we are having issues)
The E.U. is not “reluctant” to solve illegal alien invasion; it expressly refuses to and, indeed, severely punishes those member states who make any attempt at it. One has to ask oneself why that is. Answers on a postcard, please. As for Norbert’s comment, the “genuine asylees” argument is so old and tired that even the wokest Leftists no longer try it. If you’re in fear for your life and you sneak across the border to the first safe country, you’re a genuine asylee. If you’re in fear for your life and you sneak across a dozen borders and a dozen countries to get to one of your preference, you are an illegal economic migrant who is abusing the ridiculous asylum and refugee system we’re still inexplicably operating. I also wonder, incidentally, if Nortbert has offered his own home and offered to bunk up with one of these “genuine asylees.” Something tells me the answer is a Nay!
Most EU countries that accept illegal migrants support criminal elements e.g., smuggling, drugs, prostitution, etc..
No such thing as a refugee, right, @mariavontheresa ?
Talking about “the solution”, there was a guy who had the “Final Solution” to managing “undesirables”. Makes me wonder what the PM REALLY thinks (to himself) about a solution that HE’D like to (REALLY) see. Sad.