Orban to border police: 'Defend Hungary'
'We don't want worldwide movement to change' the country
14 September, 15:37
(ANSA-AP) - BUDAPEST - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has told police bound for the Serbian border that they must "defend Hungary and Europe" and "protect our way of life."
In a ceremony Monday at Budapest's grandiose Heroes Square, where statues honor the founding fathers of Hungary, Orban told more than 800 officers that new laws on Tuesday would allow them to arrest and charge those who get through the country's new border fence with criminal offenses that can end in prison or deportation.
Orban said he hoped the new measures would deter foreigners from traveling into Hungary. He says "Hungary is a country with a thousand-year-old Christian culture. We Hungarians don't want the worldwide movement of people to change Hungary." (ANSA-AP)
