Germany could not have gained control over the refugee situation if Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had not decided to close his country’s borders, Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer told the German all-news channel N24. “We will be thankful for what Orbán does”, he added.

Mr. Seehofer, who is also leader of the conservative CSU, Bavaria’s governing party and the smaller member of the CDU-CSU party alliance which governs the country in a grand coalition with the Social Democrats, said that “Many will be thankful to Orbán, the Hungarian Prime Minister, for what he is doing on his borders. I always ask the opposite question: what would happen if your borders would be open? We would have lost control over the situation long ago”, he told the all-news channel N24 in connection with the immigration crisis.

Speaking to the television channel, Mr. Seehofer also drew attention to the fact that not all refugees are who they claim to be. “Many people set out on the voyage who have different ideas concerning the economy or obeying our laws. If we fail to send them a clear message, we will be unable to help those in the long run who are genuinely in need of protection”, the leader of Germany’s largest federal state argued.

via mandiner.hu
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