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EU institutions’ approach to migration disappointing, says foreign minister in Luxembourg
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Luxembourg, April 18 (MTI) – The attitude European Union institutions have had towards the migrant crisis has been disappointing, as even despite the obvious consequences of illegal migration, they keep trying to find ways to bring even more people to Europe, Hungary’s foreign minister said on Monday.
Péter Szijjártó told MTI on the sidelines of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg that it was time for the EU to do away with its current migration policy and stop “sending invitations to migrants”, who risk their lives setting off on a journey to Europe.
The consequences of the so-called “pull factors” of migration are clear, Szijjártó said, citing a fresh report from the BBC which said hundreds of migrants were feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to cross from Egypt to Italy.
He said the EU’s primary concern should be finding a way to reduce the migration pressure on the bloc’s external borders and determining the measures national governments and the EU as a whole need to carry out to achieve this. Before amending the Dublin rules, the EU should strengthen the Schengen regulations and their enforcement.
Szijjártó said this was the aim of the ten-point action plan the Hungarian government put forward on Friday.