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Foreign minister to CNN: Hungary does not discriminate on religious grounds
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Hungary does not discriminate between people based on religion, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in an interview broadcast on CNN on Friday.
He recalled that Hungary was hit by a wave of migration in 2015: some 400,000 people crossed the border and did not comply with regulations, instilling fear in Hungarians. This is why the government had to take steps to protect Hungary’s southern border, he said.
Szijjártó – who is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly – reiterated Hungary’s stand that the decision on the mandatory relocation of refugees among European Union member states was a dangerous and bad decision for the European Union.
He said a recent ruling by the European Court did not say that Hungary must immediately take in migrants, rather the ruling had to do with the process and procedure related to the refugee quotas.