On Monday evening, a government propaganda video emphasising the dangers of migration and the refugee crisis was projected onto the façade of Budapest’s recently renovated Keleti railway station. As part of the light show, minaret towers appeared on the central building, accompanied by the sound of church bells and a muezzin’s call to prayer. On the station’s side wings, images from the 2015 refugee crisis, a European Parliament session, as well as photos of European and Hungarian politicians, were displayed.
“Just one wrong choice…”
According to the video’s narration, Hungary’s security is fragile and “just one wrong choice” could turn the country into a “nation of immigrants.” The footage also advertises the website rosszvalasztas.hu (“wrong choice”), operated by Jogállam és Igazság Nonprofit Ltd., headed by Miklós Szánthó, director of the Centre for Fundamental Rights. Szánthó also shared the video on Facebook, writing: “The West has already fallen, let’s not follow its example.”
The video recalls the clashes at Röszke in 2015, portraying refugees as “migrant hordes” who “arrived not with documents and applications, but with stones and sticks.” The narrator claims Hungarian border guards defended the country, but “the fight is not over,” since Brussels fines Hungary nearly HUF 400 million (EUR 1 million) every day for its migration policies.
Unauthorised projection at Keleti?
The Budapest City Hall told Telex that no permit for public space use had been issued for the projection. The MÁV railway group stressed that the light show was not their event, and they bear no responsibility for its content. For railway safety reasons, however, organisers coordinated with police in advance regarding the timing, ensuring no risk to train drivers.
According to a statement from the Budapest Police Headquarters, the organisers officially reported the projection with the stated aim of “raising awareness of the negative consequences of illegal migration.”
After a HUF 4.5 billion renovation
Keleti station was closed for four weeks from 25 August for a HUF 4.5 billion (EUR 11.5 million) renovation of its railway infrastructure. Although the station was originally scheduled to reopen on the morning of 22 September, trains only resumed service in the afternoon.
The festive reopening was overshadowed, however, by Monday night’s projection, which clearly conveyed a political message — without official city authorisation.
Orbán seeks great relations with Islamic countries
The propaganda is especially eyebrow-raising since PM Viktor Orbán and his government continue to seek good relations with many Islamic countries: Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Albania, the UAE and Kazakhstan, among others. Meanwhile, the government communication, especially in the past 10 years, has gotten increasingly anti-refugee and Islamophobic.
Propaganda?
It’s a documentary.
Only a willful liar or a fool could ever deny what migration, especially illegal, has done to Western Europe, Canada, parts of the U.S., even Australia. Those countries are circling the drain culturally and increasingly economically, while the weakest (women and children) have become even more vulnerable and less protected by the state.
2015 must NEVER happen again!
Believe me, Hungary does NOT want to go the same way as we have here in Britain.
There is no such thing as Islamophobia, it’s an invention. Phobia is fear of something that doesn’t exist. And Islam and the radicals want to take over, and they say it in their own words, to impose Sharia (it’s not racism because they say it), not accepting other religions and creating a lot of chaos. It sounds like you’re in favor of immigration. Have you ever been around Paris? London? Sweden? They also thought like you and today they’re crying about their naivety and goodwill.
*I meant radicals. of course not everyone. but with lots of radicals and illegal immigrants , that u cant filter, its a big chaos.
No honest person can deny what is happening because of third world migration all over Western Europe. Hungary must be protected against these suicidal policies.
FACT: illagal border crossings are declining … In 2024 there were over 238,000 illegal border crossing detecting on the borders of the European Union, a substantial decline compared to 2023 with 380,230, when there were over 380,230. Illegal border crossings peaked in 2015 at the height of the European migrant crisis, when over 1.8 million illegal border crossing were detected.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/454775/number-of-illegal-entries-between-bcps-to-the-eu/
And lets not label them all “rabid islamist terrorists”. On our route (Western Balkan Route), most are Syrians, Afghanis, and Turks:
https://schengenvisainfo.com/news/irregular-migration-to-eu-frontex-report-reveals-main-routes-countries-of-origin/
So here is an educated guess: Syrians fleeing war and dictatorship, Afghans fleeing the Taliban and economic collapse, Turks fleeing authoritarianism and economic crisis. All three groups seek safety, rights, and stability — things that are increasingly hard to find in their regions.
Obviously if it were Hungarians in the same situation, we would just stay put. Hint: I would definitely not!