“We want to take help over there rather than import the problem,” he said, adding that the creation of political stability there was also important.

László Lehel, the head of the Ecumenical Charity, noted that the organisation had opened a permanent humanitarian mission in Erbil, in northern Iraq, in the summer with Hungarian foreign ministry support.

Its goal is to ensure that the needy do not leave their country. For this, they require not only a roof over their heads but the opportunity to work, too, he said.

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