Kovacs: All elements of Hungary's policies follow from anti-migration stand

Every element of Hungarian government policymaking follows from its anti-migration standpoint, Zoltan Kovacs, the state secretary for international communications and relations, said on Monday. The driving force behind Hungary's economic strategy is that the economy should not depend on migration but on capturing local resources available in central Europe, he told Hungarian and British media at a press conference in the Hungarian embassy in London. Hungary does not plan to address the demands of its labour market by "making use of the several hundred thousands of outsiders who turn up every year", he added. Kovacs said the Hungarian government's standpoint on almost every issue connected to the European Union and public life in Hungary leads back to the issue of migration and how the resulting problems are tackled. Decisions made in areas such as demographics, social institutions, social measures and institutional policies follow from the government's clear anti-migration position, he said,