Hungary Prime Minister rejects immigration, multiculturalism
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has condemned liberalism and multiculturalism and promised to battle rising immigration, saying it is turning his country into a "refugee camp."
"(A Hungarian) does not want to see throngs of people pouring into his country from other cultures who are incapable of adapting and are a threat to public safety, to his job and to his livelihood," The Associated Press quoted Orban as saying during his annual state of the nation speech in the capital Budapest on Friday.
"The Hungarian man is, by nature, politically incorrect. That is, he has not lost his common sense," he added.
The European Union member state has seen an influx of migrants this year, many of whom are from Kosovo and trying to reach Germany and western countries.
The prime minister also referred to a multicultural society as "a delusion" and went on to defend the Hungarian government’s efforts to dump "liberal social policies" which he claimed rejected Christian culture.
Orban’s last year declaration that he wished his nation to be an "illiberal" state sparked censure from Western countries.
He also hailed the Hungarian government’s irregular economic policies, some of which have drawn criticism from investors because they levy higher tax rates for banks and non-domestic companies.
"Hungary has become an economic success story, which is slowly being recognized by Europe," he said, referring to the country's 2014 estimated growth rate of 3.5 percent.
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