Tristan Azbej: Hungary Helps scheme hailed in North Rhine-Westphalia

The government's Hungary Helps scheme, which coordinates humanitarian efforts in crisis areas, has attracted much respect in North Rhine-Westphalia, the state secretary in charge of persecuted Christians Tristan Azbej said on Tuesday at the end of a visit to Germany's most populous state. Azbej held talks in Duesseldorf with the local government minister in charge of European Union affairs Stephan Holthoff-Pfoertner, as well as several senior Landtag members and church leaders. It depended on the political affiliation of the negotiating partners to what extent they represented the "west European and German pro-migration position" but some politicians from the Landtag shared the Hungarian view that mass migration has serious security risks, for instance due to the activities of human smugglers, he said.