Gulyas: Govt to turn to EU, UN over 'migrant cards'

The government will ask the EU and the United Nations for clarification concerning "the rather unclear circumstances" surrounding debit cards issued to migrants, the head of the Prime Minister's Office said at a weekly government press briefing on Thursday. Gergely Gulyas called it "unacceptable" that migrants were to be granted debit cards without personal identification, saying it posed risks in terms of fighting terrorism, people smuggling and money laundering. He also welcomed the European Parliament's recent rejection of the introduction of a European "humanitarian visa system".