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Hungarian government committed to providing help where it is needed, says FM
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Hungary’s government is committed to its policy of providing help at the location where it is needed, the foreign minister told a conference on the European aid programme supporting Syria and Iraq in Budapest on Thursday.
ThePhoto: was launched in 2016 and supports refugees and the communities receiving them to improve adaptation skills, education and work opportunities.
The European Union faces historic challenges and the most serious of these concerns migration, Péter Szijjártó said.
“The first time Hungary came face to face with a large wave of illegal migrants was in 2015 and the security risks it brought to Europe have since become obvious,” he added. Migration waves pose risks not only to the target countries but also to the people who pay to human smugglers and become their victims, he said.
“Our migration policy is clear,” Szijjártó said. “But the only things most of the world knows about it are that we insist on our right to decide … whom we want to live together with, that we protect our borders, don’t allow in illegal migrants and that we insist on our national, religious, historical and cultural identity.”
Less is said about “the other part of our policy”, the minister said. Szijjártó underlined the government’s position that the root causes of migration should be eliminated and help should be provided to allow everyone to live in peace in their homeland or to return there as quickly as possible.
“What we believe is a basic human right is that everyone should be able to live in peace and safety in their homeland, and this is what should be guaranteed,” he said.