Jobbik: Hungary has become 'migrant destination'

Hungary has become a "migrant destination" despite "high-sounding pledges" by ruling Fidesz, Gyorgy Szilagyi, lawmaker of conservative Jobbik, told a press conference on Wednesday. Szilagyi insisted that Hungarian authorities had registered a total of 135,355 immigrants between 2015 and 2018, and added that the annual number more than doubled in the period. He quoted Prime Minister Viktor Orban as saying earlier that Hungary would face "recession and decay" if it becomes an "immigrant country". Orban has urged to expel from the country "those organising migration", he added. The ruling parties have "released tens of thousands of residency bond holders and foreign guest workers onto the country", Szilagyi said, and insisted that the Fidesz-Christian Democrat parties were "the number one organisers of migration".