Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto represented Hungary at the EU-Africa summit, and highlighted the dangers of migration policies which encourage people to come to Europe.
"Illegal migration has endless sources in Africa and Brussels policies that encourage migration lead to a dead end, which endangers Europe's security", Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told MTI by phone from Abidjan in Ivory Coast on Thursday. Representing Hungary in an EU-Africa summit, Szijjarto said the pressure of migration on Europe is expected to grow further because terrorist activities are destabilising several African countries and many are coping with economic challenges.
Some 400,000 people heading for Europe have already crowded in Libya and the population of Africa is expected to double form the current 1.2 billion by 2050, he said. The summit has proven that European policies that consider migration the best answer to demographic and labour challenges are very dangerous, Szijjarto added.
"Any encouraging statement could result in thousands or hundreds of thousands of migrants setting off for Europe," the minister said. Szijjarto told the summit that Hungary understands if some European countries want to become immigrant countries but it does not belong to them.
"Hungary wants to remain Hungarian. We do not want to become an immigrant country. For this reason, we firmly oppose all European decisions that even slightly encourage migration from Africa or from any other direction," he said.
