While the attacks in Paris bring grist to the mill of xenophobic movements, the Hungarian prime minister populist surfed the wave upon return of the Republican march Sunday. Viktor Orbán called the European Union to close its borders to migrants, with the exception of asylum seekers.
"Economic immigration is bad for Europe. We should not regard it as useful, because it is only source of trouble and danger for Europeans. It should be stopped, it is the opinion of Hungary. (...) We do not want to integrate minority whose culture is different from ours. We want the rest of Hungary Hungary, "he began.
According to the OECD, foreigners represent less than 2% of the 10 million inhabitants of the Hungary. But prejudices about immigrants die hard, while the extreme right are accused of inflating the numbers of unemployment and crime. Yet according to the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, an NGO specializing in the defense of human rights, the reality is quite different. "It is true among immigrants of Hungarian origin, from Romania, Serbia, but also among those who come from distant countries is that they are more active in the labor market than the Hungarians. They are more likely to have a job, so they also pay more taxes, "said even his co-chair, Márta Pardavi.
A survey conducted a few years ago had given the extent of the posture of the Hungarians to immigration. Respondents strongly opposed to the home of Pirez nationals - a people that does not exist!
Daily yet the Budapest Foreign say they do not feel stigmatized. This is the case of Edmond Sylvio, of African origin. "I do not feel rejected by society, so it is not a problem. I work here, I have good friends, I can live here as my colleagues, I do not really have problems living here. "
The appeal of Viktor Orbán was coldly received in Brussels. While all member states agree that the attacks in Paris deserve a strong response.
But not just any warned the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz. "I call on all of us not to respond with sanctions, not to respond with anger. Respond with a rational approach. And rational approach that is not stopping the migration is more cooperation between the security bodies, between policies, between the secret services and the judiciary, "he insisted.
Fidesz Viktor Orbán has lost a million supporters in recent months, some in favor of the far-right party Jobbik. In Budapest, our correspondent Andrea Hajagos explained that the declaration of Viktor Orbán also surprised because labor migration is marginal in Hungary, while many Hungarians left the country for economic reasons. According to analysts, the motivations of Viktor Orbán within the domestic policy. Maybe he is trying to stop and drop the popularity of his party.
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