“We Hungarians have so far been keen to close the borders in front of the crowds arriving from the Middle East and Africa but we were told off that this is inhumane. Now what would be humane? Closing the borders from illegal border violators or risking the lives of innocent European citizens?” Orbán asked.

The EU is drifting, it is weak, uncertain and paralysed. “There are meetings and conferences ... but no solutions. … We are all tangled in the web of ideologies instead of acting based on our common sense and our own culture and heritage,” he said. “We feel that Europe’s existence is at stake,” Orbán said.

Brussels is sending the wrong messages and invitations over and again to migrants instead of honestly telling them that they will not get here what they expect.

It has become evident that terrorists are using migration, consciously and in a well-organised way, to blend in with crowds of people who are leaving their homes in the hope of a better future.

All European leaders had known about the danger; the Greeks said long ago that the arrival of jihadists could not be ruled out, he said, noting that migrants come from areas where European states are conducting military operations, Orbán said.

“We do not think that everyone who comes from those areas are terrorists, but nobody can tell how many terrorists there are among the migrants. How many have come, how many are already here and how many still arrive day after day” he said.

Even one terrorist is one too many. “It is appalling to think that terrorists may have crossed Hungary’s borders,” Orbán said.

The “grave dangers” inherent in migration are reasons for halting it, he said. The influx of masses into Europe increases the threat of terrorism and crime, he said, adding that it may not be “politically correct to discuss this” but the discussion deserved an airing.

Crowds of people arriving from other continents “also endanger our culture, lifestyle, customs and traditions,” he said, adding the EU’s mandatory quota plan would “spread terrorism in Europe”.

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