“It must be made clear that we will not allow, at least as long as I am the prime minister ... Hungary to become the target of immigrants,” Orbán said. “We do not want a significant minority with different cultural characteristics and backgrounds living among us; we would like Hungary to stay as Hungary is,” he added.

Timea Szabó, PM’s co-leader, asked Orbán to stop “rubbing shoulders with the radical right” and riding against the will of the Hungarian people who, she said, want the country to be a part of Europe not only economically but culturally, too.

She said Orbán’s remarks were “proof that he takes policies of the radical right as a model” and wants to make Hungary an isolated country shunned by European states. She

dded that in any case Hungary has never been an attractive target for immigration due to a complete lack of a comprehensive integration policy. Orbán’s remarks also mean that he believes the hundreds and thousands of Hungarians working abroad have no place in European countries.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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