Amnesty International Hungary and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee have also reacted to the fact that in recent days, “migration” once again defines the debates taking place in the Parliament.
Amnesty on Monday, during the parliament session posted“that’s not how humane Hungary talks”, and drew attention to the fact that “in our opinion, a functioning and humane Hungary is a place where the government can and dares to talk about complex social issues, and can and dares to change the exclusionary language used by the previous political leadership”.
According to the organization, although it is understandable from a political point of view that the Tisza wants to show that the previous government lied, “they can do this by speaking respectfully about people in difficult situations while respecting their rights and human dignity.”
About the same Helsinki wrote on Tuesday too. According to the human rights organization, “asylum is not a matter of political slogans, but a matter of practical problems and human destinies, to which a functioning and humane state must provide real and rule-of-law answers.”
“An important measure of breaking away from the destructive legacy of the Orbán regime may be whether fear-mongering and misinformation are replaced by fact-based, responsible decision-making and honest, calm dialogue with the public.”
According to Helsinki, “Hungary needs an asylum regulation that simultaneously guarantees border control, the rule of law and respect for the rights of those fleeing persecution.” The organization wrote that in order not to have to bear the burden of a penalty of one million euros per day, “in the current situation, not the construction of new camps, but thoughtful, legal and humane solutions are needed.”
“The past decade and a half and the anti-European Union policy have also put an end to all kinds of professional dialogue in the field of asylum”, but the knowledge and experience accumulated by the Helsinki Committee is at the disposal of the Hungarian government, the organization wrote.
Péter Magyar already spoke in September 2024 about the Orbán government would secretly build a refugee camp near the Austrian border. Then Telex wrote that something could really be in the works In the buildings of a former model farm and school belonging to Vitnyédwhere construction took place under police supervision, but the government denied that Refugee camp in Vitnyéd-Csermajor would be built. According to Péter Magyar, this only meant that the government backed down due to public and local protests.
It was presented by Péter Magyar at an extraordinary press conference on Saturday The Orbán government’s secret plans for the Vitnyéd refugee campwhere 500 adults and children were planned to be accommodated. Viktor Orbán answered that There are no migrant camps or migrants in Hungary, because the people decided in a referendum that it cannot be. According to Gergely Gulyás, the plan with Vitnyéd was to deceive the EU, and instead of deception, Orbán used the word “we will tactic”. Gergely Gulyás on Monday in the Parliament with that he justified the previous government plans regarding Vitnyéd, that they wanted to do everything to ensure that the country does not have to pay a fine of one million euros per day.
Péter Magyar on Monday in the Parliament in his speech before the agenda also spoke about the “migrant camp” planned for Vitnyéd, then Like Interior Minister Gábor Pósfai confirmedthat Hungary does not implement the migrant pact in its current form, and said that he agrees with László Toroczkai that the problem of migration should be dealt with outside the European Union.
