Democracy & Justice

Hungarian Government Wants EU to Finance Border Wall Construction

Hungary will request at the European Commission that the EU finances half of the cost of its wall being built on its southern border to 'protect' the country from migrants, PM Viktor Orban’s chief of staff, Janos...

by LibertiesEU

Hungary will request at the European Commission that the EU finances half of the cost of its wall being built on its southern border to 'protect' the country from migrants, PM Viktor Orban’s chief of staff, Janos Lazar, announced on Thursday. Hungary, with its fence and police on the borders with Serbia and Croatia, "was protecting all the citizens of Europe from the flood of illegal migrants," Lázár argued to defend the 400 million euros' request. With this latest move, Orbán is maintaining his campaign to keep asylum seekers and migrants out of Hungary ahead of next year's elections.

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