'There is 'a very clear link between terrorism and migration', Hungary's PM says as EU discusses asylum rules reform.
- The comments came after recent deadly terrorist attacks in Belgium and France
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Thursday there is 'a very clear link between terrorist acts and migration' as he went into an EU summit discussing a reform of the bloc's asylum rules.
Orban stressed that Hungary was resisting Brussels's plan to share out responsibility across the bloc for hosting asylum seekers, or to contribute to the costs of that.
He regularly clashes with the EU, not just on migration but on issue such as media and judicial independence and LGBTQ rights.
Last year, when the European Commission froze billions of euros in funds to Hungary over its stance on rule of law and rights issues, Orban likened its reaction to Soviet-era behaviour.
'I very much hope that more and more people here in Brussels will see that there is a very clear link between terrorist acts and migration,' Orban said ahead of a two-day EU summit in Brussels. Mail.
