Who responsible for refugee crisis? – Leftists reactions

We collected which is the Democratic Coalition, the Egyutt and the Dialogue for Hungary opposition parties opinion about immigration.

Democratic Coalition (DK)

Leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) said Prime Minister Viktor Orban was responsible for the rising number of migrants arriving in Europe.

Zsolt Greczy, the party’s spokesman, called on Orban to stop “leading Hungarians on, promising to protect the borders, when the opposite is happening”.

Orban caused a humanitarian disaster over the weekend, creating a situation in which Austria and Germany were forced to allow undocumented, unregistered migrants into their countries, Greczy said. This means Orban, for all intents and purposes, opened Europe up to migrants, who now think that they can easily cross Hungary in the direction of the west, he said.

The prime minister even admitted defeat when he said he was open to the idea of an EU quota system, which he earlier opposed, Greczy insisted.

Hungary does not exclude the possibility of “a sensible and fair” discussion of the EU quota system, Orban told a meeting of Hungarian envoys in Budapest on Monday, but “we have a problem with the timing,” he said, adding that the external border should be properly protected first.

Greczy said DK would organise a rally on Sept. 13 to protest against the “immorality of the government”.

Egyutt

The opposition Egyutt party demands that Hungary take in 10,000 refugees this year and 5,000 next year, on a voluntary and long-term basis.

Viktor Szigetvari, the party’s leader, told a press conference on Monday that while Hungary is a homogeneous country, it needs new work force to make its pension and welfare systems sustainable.

It is also Hungary’s moral duty to take in migrants. At the moment all “well-intentioned Hungarians feel shame at last week’s actions by Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the Fidesz government,” he said.

Hungary should make efforts to take in refugees above the quota it will be assigned. Accommodation should not be “punishment camps” or “cold tents” but temporary facilities like the ones that can be seen in Austria, Szigetvari said. He added that his party would put these proposals to parliament, too.

Dialogue for Hungary (PM)

The opposition Dialogue for Hungary (PM) party has called on Budapest Mayor Istvan Tarlos to continue building the transit zone for refugees in the capital, in line with the Municipal Assembly’s original decision.

Bence Tordai, spokesman for the party, told a press conference on Monday that it is a “grievous mistake” to postpone the building of the transit zone in Verseny utca, behind Keleti station.

Refugees continue to arrive in the city, often with small children, and at the moment they are having to spend the night on the cold ground, he said.

The government’s migration policy is the combination of the behaviour of “a lame duck and an aggressive little pig,” Tordai said. The prime minister continues to make “idiotic” statements but accepts the “common sense” proposals when the “house is already on fire”, he said, citing Viktor Orban’s stance on the European quota system as an example.

Hungary does not exclude the possibility of “a sensible and fair” discussion of the EU quota system, Orban told a meeting of Hungarian envoys in Budapest on Monday, but “we have a problem with the timing,” he said, adding that the external border should be properly protected first.

Socialist

Budapest, September 7 (MTI) – “Orban’s xenophobic hate campaign” is not fit to handle the refugee problem, instead diplomatic tools should be employed, in cooperation with Europe, the Socialist opposition said.

Orban ignores European and even Hungarian interests and only acts on his own selfish power interests, Attila Mesterhazy, a Socialist member of parliament’s foreign affairs committee, told MTI on Monday. He said the “national consultation”, the billboard campaign, the border fence and the law to deploy the army just served Fidesz’s short-term political goals and had nothing to with managing a crisis. These campaigns are however capable of damaging Hungary’s international reputation even more, he said.

Both the North Atlantic allies and the Middle Eastern economic partners are raising eyebrows over the government’s “extremely xenophobic” policies, he added.

Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters