Hungary to hold referendum on EU migrant quotas

  25 February 2016    Read: 1360
Hungary to hold referendum on EU migrant quotas
Hungary
Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced the move on Wednesday, saying that the quotas would redraw the ethnic, cultural and religious map of Hungary and Europe.

“The government is responding to public sentiment now. We think that introducing resettlement quotas for migrants without the backing of the people equals an abuse of power,” he told a news conference.

Orban has boosted his public support with a tough stance on migration.

His government has already put up a fence on Hungary’s borders with Serbia and Croatia to keep out the mostly Middle Eastern refugees headed for western Europe.

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