Hungary Protects
Christian Culture with a Wire Fence - 'The horror! ' by Alice Green, 9/7/15
This
week Hungary completed the first stage of a razor wire fence that when finished
will span 110 miles along the Serbian/Hungarian border and rise to a height of
13 feet. The barrier aims to halt the tide of migrants flooding in from
North Africa and the Middle East. As international concern for these
refugees rises, the Hungarian Prime Minister explains why he needs to keep them
out.
According
to new legislation passed on Friday, crossing or even damaging the wire fence
is punishable by expulsion or imprisonment.
“The
horror! How dare a sovereign state defend its border!” This sarcasm was part of
Gateway Pundit's response to a
controversial New York Times story published on September
4th.
The
Times condemned Hungary for
its actions and blamed the country’s inadequate asylum policy for the current
crisis. “Hungary is so hostile to migrants that it is building a 110-mile fence
on its border with Serbia to keep them away. So flagrant is Hungary’s apparent
animosity for migrants that the U.N. said its leaders had declined to accept
assistance from the agency that supports refugees.”
While
the Internet is flooded with disturbing images of refugees and their heartbreaking
stories, few take the time to look at the situation from a Hungarian point of
view.
“The
problem is not a European problem, the problem is a German problem,” said
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as he attacked Europe’s asylum quotas as an
“invitation” to migrants. Orbán insisted that keeping the tide of Muslims out
is the only way to protect Europe's Christian culture.
“Nobody
wants to stay in Hungary…all want to go to Germany. Our job is to register
them,” said Orbán as hundreds of migrants and refugees stormed into a Budapest
railway station hoping to board a train to Western Europe.
“Everything
which is now taking place before our eyes threatens to have explosive
consequences for the whole of Europe,” wrote Orbán in a German newspaper.
“Europe’s response is madness.”
“Those
arriving have been raised in another religion and represent a radically
different culture. Most of them are not Christians, but Muslims,” said Orbán.
“This is an important question, because Europe and European identity is rooted
in Christianity. Is it not worrying in itself that European Christianity is now
barely able to keep Europe Christian? There is no alternative, and we have no
option but to defend our borders.”
Despite
harsh criticism from the EU, Hungary’s Prime Minister says he has an obligation
to control his country’s border and protect the Christian culture within.
“Please,
don’t criticize Hungary for doing what is compulsory to be done,” asks Orbán.
“Hungary did everything possible in order to keep the regulations. We create
just now in the Hungarian parliament a new package of regulations, we set up a
physical barrier, and all these together can provide a new situation in Hungary
and in Europe from September 15th.”
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