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After Washington, Budapest. Hungary, led by the government of the sovereignty Viktor Orban, openly hostile to non-European immigration, announced Wednesday it was pulling out of the global pact on migration approved last week at the UN
This non-binding document , finalized after 18 months of negotiations, plans to strengthen international cooperation to respond to the global phenomenon of migration. Washington withdrew in late 2017 from the drafting of the pact claiming that it included provisions contrary to Donald Trump's immigration policy.
An "Incitement to Hit the Road"
The Hungarian Minister of Finance Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Wednesday in Budapest that the document was "dangerous for the world and Hungary" because it "will incite millions of people to take the road."
The President of the General Assembly of the UN, the Slovak Miroslav Lajcák, responded by stressing that the global pact on migration "should not be seen as a threat."
This text is considered the first international document on migration management. It lists a series of principles – defense of human rights, children's rights, recognition of national sovereignty, etc. – and includes a catalog of measures to help countries cope with migration: improving information, measures to better integrate migrants, exchange of expertise …
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The Hungarian minister said that his country does not believe in the non-binding nature of the document. During the negotiation process, Budapest expressed concern that the agreement could eventually force governments to open their borders to migrants.
Orban in Israel
Viktor Orban, a pioneer in the fight against terrorism -immigration in Europe followed by Italy and Austria, began Wednesday in Israel an official visit that is controversial for some of its positions deemed anti-Semitic, including against George Soros. But this American Jewish billionaire of Hungarian origin, is hardly in the small papers of the current Hebrew government which also does not appreciate the progressive NGOs.
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First visit to Hungary since 1989 communist collapse of Israeli government leader last year Benjamin Netanyahu thanked his counterpart for "supporting Israel".
He has also moved closer to the group called Visegrad (Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic), whose nationalist positions irritate the other countries of the European Union, a nationalism shared by the leader Israeli.
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