Hungary resigns from the UN Global Migration Pact «DiePresse.com

Hungary withdraws from the United Nations Global Compact on Migration. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Foreign Minister, Peter Szijjarto, announced Wednesday in Budapest. The United Nations (UN) had agreed that on Friday their first global agreement on migration

The migratory package contradicts "any reason" and "the security interests of the country as well as the intention to restore the European security, "said the minister according to the Hungarian news agency MTI. The document was "extremist, biased, a promoter of migration". According to the minister, this is "bad and harmful".

The document sees migration as a "good and inevitable phenomenon" – which, however, does not correspond to the position of the Hungarian government. Szijjarto said the agreement was not binding for UN member states. Hungary fears legal obligations. On the contrary, the pact represents a danger for the whole world because it could be considered as an "inspiration" for millions of people who leave.

A year and a half of negotiation

Already during the adoption of the pact by the UN Hungary announced that it could withdraw from the agreement. The agreement on the migration agreement was preceded by a year and a half of negotiations. During the negotiations, Budapest had already expressed its concern that states would be obliged to open their borders to immigrants. The administration of US President Donald Trump announced in December that she would refrain from further negotiations on the pact because some provisions were inconsistent with Trump's policies on immigration and immigration. of refugees.

Signed in December

The pact contains a number of guidelines and 23 concrete steps to manage global migration. According to this principle, UN Member States should respect the principles of human rights, child rights and national sovereignty. Specifically, for example, data should be collected from migrants and issued with identity documents if they do not. In addition, migrants should have access to the social protection system.

The United Nations (UN) agreed Friday on its first agreement on global migration. The aim is to make migration safe and orderly through intergovernmental cooperation and taking into account national sovereignty. The signing of the non-binding agreement is scheduled for December in Morocco. Hungary will not participate in the Marrakech summit, said Szijjarto.

(APA)