(ANSA) - ROME, JAN. 14 - Hungary's leader Viktor Orban strikes
another blow to the EU, announcing that he will arrest all
migrants, even those who legitimately seek asylum. The ultra
nationalist government in Budapest, which has already built a
wall along its borders and rejects any refugee redistribution
plan, knows that he is "against international standards accepted
even by Hungary", but "wants to do it anyway". This happens in
the most critical moment for the migrants, who face the
emergency of exposure to intense cold, especially in the Balkan
region. The anti-immigrant measure announced by Orban and
justified by the danger of islamic terrorism, was already in
force a few years ago. Budapest had decided to suspend it in
2013, under the pressure of the European Union, the European
Court of Human Rights and the UN. Since then, Orban said, there
have been numerous bloody attacks across Europe and therefore
"the interest of our self-defense", must take priority over
international rules and Europe. "We have reintroduced the
custody of foreigners even for those whose applications for
entry in Europe have not yet had a legal outcome", the 53 year
old premier and leader of the Nationalist Party. According to
Orban, the migrants are a threat to the culture and the safety
of Hungarians and in terms of terrorism, too. Therefore, he
explained, Hungary has to monitor its borders even more than it
did before. "In this country, there will be no trucks investing
those celebrating", he said, alluding to the massacres in Nice
and Berlin. This additional measure on the part of Budapest is
announced the same day that the UNHCR, the UN High Commissioner
for Refugees, expressed "deep concern over the situation of
refugees and migrants in Europe, severely hit by frost and bad
weather". ''We have strengthened our assistance to Greece and
Serbia, but we are extremely concerned over the situation, due
to reports of continuing rejections in all countries along the
West Balkan route", a spokeswoman said, calling on all countries
''to do more to save lives".(ANSA).
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