“Closed" label placed on the gate of Debrecen reception center on Wednesday, making the local refugee reception center which has operated for twenty years in the city officially and symbolically closed.
Kontrát Károly the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior, recalled in the reception center closing event, that since the opening of Debrecen, 73 thousand people passed through the camp, first South Slavic, and then mostly Afghan, Iraqi, Syrian and Kosovo migrants. In Debrecen organized and professional work was running while operating the camp- said the secretary of state, adding that with using safety border closing, legal protection and manpower, "we have defended the country, now the migrants avoid us, while south from us, thousands of people come to Europe every day." The danger is therefore not passed, and a new threat is: the resettlement quota, which represents an additional threat of crime and terrorism point of view - drew attention Károly Kontrát. The Secretary of State therefore called important: to more people sign Fidesz anti-resettlement quota initiative to support the government's action, and to be part of the joint outcome.
Lajos Kósa the leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group said that Debrecen has performed well in recent years in solidarity and humanity, at the same time closing the institution is a good solution, because "today the borders have to be defended, instead of building refugee camps all around Europe." According to the ruling party politician the number of migrants started to increase rapidly when the European Union has forbidden to put the migrants into detention during the asylum procedure. He recalled that in 2012 2500-3000 refugees came in the country in one year, in 2013, 18 thousand, 43 thousand in 2014, and in 2015 more than 300 thousand.
According to Lajos Kósa the "irresponsible EU politicians" who sent a message to migrants “here we are waiting for you with open arms” also contributed to this migration wave. He added also that refugees come from the world’s 110 countries to Europe, and around 38 million people are currently living in camps.
Europe is not able to solve the world's poverty problem "- he said, pointing out the fact that the southern European countries suffer from high unemployment. He explained that the Hungarian government and the Hungarian parliament deserve our highest appreciation since they rightly criticize the whole EU migration policy. "We have to protect the borders, the resettlement quota is contrary to all domestic and international law," - he added. “European politicians are sanctified and immoral since they asseverate things that themselves do not observe" - he said, adding: Hungary is a democratic, solidarity-based, open country, and perhaps the only one that complies with the Schengen and Dublin agreements”. “He also emphasized “the borders have to be defended, instead of building refugee camps all around Europe”.
László Papp, the major of Debrecen thanked the Government’s coherent migration policy which enabled the closure of the camp with significant security risk. He mentioned that the reception center was opened on 11 August 1995, under the Horn-government during the interior ministerial term of Gábor Kuncze, and it took twenty years to be closed. He pointed out that he agreed on the closure of the camp with Viktor Orbán at the signing of the Modern citys program, and the Prime Minister’s and the Government’s coherent migration policy enabled the "closed" sign on the gate of the camp.
(16.12.2015, MTI, Ministry of Interior)
