Rétvári quoted his negotiating partners as calling for assistance to the persecuted in their homelands. “Migration must be stopped where it is generated,” he said.

Iraq’s Christian leaders “call for a lot more stringent scrutiny of those (migrants) who are already in Europe. People arriving illegally must never have precedence over people abiding the law and applying for visas.

Those arriving in Europe must be expected to fully integrate,” Rétvári said. The talks were attended by Tamás Török, Hungary’s deputy state secretary in charge of aid to persecuted Christians.

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