Szijjarto praises Cape Verde's 'responsible attitude' to migration

Cape Verde is a country demonstrating a responsible attitude to migration, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday. Szijjarto has accompanied Prime Minister Viktor Orban on a visit to Praia, the capital of Cape Verde. The minister told Hungary's public media that in many parts of Europe, especially in Brussels, "a disturbing simplification" is applied to Africa. The European Commission often tries to present the continent as a group of countries that have "schemed" to send their citizens to Europe and want to get rid of the burdens of population growth this way, he said. However, this is untrue in many cases, for instance in the case of Cape Verde, which wants to retain its population instead of sending people away, he added.