Szijjarto: EU new Africa strategy should not instigate migration

Hungary's expectation from the European Union's new Africa strategy currently being drafted is that it should focus on economic development and improving security instead of instigating new waves of migration, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday during the break of an EU foreign ministers' meeting. The aim of the new strategy is to boost the ability of African countries to retain their population in a way that keeps pace with population growth, Szijjarto told the press. If the strategy fails to work, new waves of migrants will leave Africa, he added. Some EU countries consider migration to be a positive trend, believing migrants may be the solution to their economic or demographic woes, he said. "Hungary's opinion is that the common Africa strategy must not serve a means or a point of reference for certain member countries to force their will on the whole of the EU," he said.