Jobbik: Immigration increases tensions in Europe

“Jobbik’s opinion, which the party has been voicing for years, is becoming more and more relevant: a “No Vacancy” sign should be put up at Europe’s borders.” stated Dániel Z. Kárpát, the deputy leader of Jobbik’s parliamentary group in his press conference on Monday.

The politician said that Europe’s attempt to solve its own demographic problems by involving external help “has failed completely.” He pointed out that these efforts became a hotbed for clashes of cultures, leading to inherent system errors that Europe is unable to solve in the long run. Referring to these problems, Dániel Z. Kárpát stated Jobbik’s categoric opinion of an increasing immigration into Hungary being out of the question. The patriotic party believes that the Hungarian society should ensure its own reproduction without external resources, by way of slowing down the population decline in the country. An excellent method would be to implement Jobbik’s residential construction and housing development programme.

The number of refugees is an intensifying problem in Hungary, too

Talking about the issue of refugees, the deputy leader of Jobbik’s parliamentary group described the situation as “a time bomb ticking away.” “In the past 1-2 years, the number of refugees has grown by more than 800 per cent.” reminded Z. Kárpát.

The politician noted that a significant share of these refugees arrive in Hungary without any official identification or they destroy their documents at the border. Some of them may potentially harm the host community or might even go as far as to commit terrorist acts in certain cases. “So Hungary may be at significant risk in that regard as well.” added the MP. He also reminded the public that some of the refugees are accommodated in non-restricted or semi-restricted institutions set up in residential areas.

Dániel Z. Kárpát referred to the complaints of the neighbouring communities which had prompted Jobbik to publicly call for the resolution of the intolerable situation in the refugee camps and accommodation facilities. He mentioned the examples of the camps in Balassagyarmat and Debrecen, where the “refugees” were involved in acquisitive crimes, several instances of disturbance of peace and harassment of women.

The politician criticized the communication of the Hungarian government as well. Even though the government had been making statements that were “almost in line with Jobbik’s views” with regard to the immigration issue, he reminded the journalists that several town municipalities have received circular mails from the Ministry of Interior Affairs to release their existing available sites with an area of five thousand square metres to the government for the purposes of establishing refugee camps there.