“The terrorists attacks that have been committed in Europe in recent years have made it clear that immigration means terrorism and endangers people’s lives”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference in Budapest on Thursday.
“Today is the second anniversary of the Brussels terrorist attack, which left 32 people dead and 340 injured” the Minister reminded the press. “27 terrorist attacks have been committed in Europe by people with immigrant backgrounds during the past two and a half years”, he said, adding that the attacks had claimed a total of 330 lives and injured over 1300 people.
The Foreign Minister said the perpetrators were terrorists with immigrant backgrounds, who either used the current wave of migration to get into Europe, or who arrived earlier, or perhaps whose parents came here, but in whose case social integration was a failure and they hadn’t accepted the foundations of the European way of life and European fundamental values.
“Never before has the threat of terrorism in Europe been so high”, Mr. Szijjártó stressed.
The Foreign Minister spoke about the fact that there are major debates ongoing in New York, Geneva and Brussels, for instance last week the second round of the intergovernmental debate on the UN Compact for Migration was held in New York. “Meanwhile, the European Commission wants the EU to already decide now that it will sign the Compact in December, despite the fact that the debate is still ongoing and is far from over”, he explained.
“The most decided dispute with relation to migration currently concerns whether the rights of migrants are superior to those of European citizens”, Mr. Szijjártó highlighted, adding that “Nobody apart from Hungary has raised the fact that the people of Europe also have rights, for instance the right to safety”.
“There are no fundamental human rights relating to migration, but there are such rights with relation to a secure life, and it is unacceptable and intolerable that in Europe today people want to place the rights of migrants ahead of the people’s right to a secure life”, he declared, explaining that in his view: “It is the fundamental right of all European citizens, including Hungarians, to be able to live in Europe in safety and without the threat of terrorism”.
The Foreign Minister also spoke about the fact that in Western Europe the position according to which the threat of terrorism is part of everyday life in big cities is beginning to gain ground, but “we do not accept this and are doing everything possible to ensure that this never becomes the case in Hungary”.
“How do pro-immigration politicians explain their standpoint to the 330 and 1300 families who lost a loved one or had a member of their family injured during one of these terrorist attacks?”, he asked.
“If we do not protect ourselves, nobody will protect us, and accordingly we will continue to fight in future to ensure that the right to European freedom is not discriminated against in comparison to the rights of migrants”, Mr. Szijjártó said, adding that: “Ten years ago everyone took safety in Europe as given, but by now it has transpired that this is something that needs to be fought for”.
In reply to a question concerning Migration Aid, Mr. Szijjártó said the organisation’s explanation was “pathetic” and included no tangible information on whether data was collected in the transit zones, and if so for what purpose and on whose orders. “It seems that a ‘wave of being found out’ has begun with relation to organisations that want to organise migration into Hungary”, he said.
“The Stop Soros legislative package could put this situation right, and if Parliament has a makeup that is anti-immigration following the elections then the adoption of the new legislation could give the country the power to use administrative instruments to restrict or ban the activities of NGOs that are endangering national security interests”, he stated.
(MTI)
