Influx of masses increases threat of terrorism, crime: Hungarian PM

The influx of masses into Europe increases the threat of terrorism and crime, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said before a plenary session of parliament on Monday, adding that it may not be "politically correct to discuss this."

It has become evident that terrorists are using migration, consciously and in a well-organized way, to blend in with crowds of people who are leaving their homes in the hope of a better future, the prime minister said.

Orban said Western world openly denied the facts. All European leaders have known about the danger, he said, adding that the Greeks had said long ago that the arrival of jihadists could not be ruled out.

Orban also criticized the EU's migrant quota system. He said European leaders have no power to take such a decision on this issue. The quota system doesn't solve but aggravates the crisis, and means invitation to migrants, he said.

The Prime Minister called for a new European policy, proposing to "forget the political correctness." He said the continent's policy should be reconsidered on the basis of "protection of the EU's external borders, our culture, economic interests, and people must be given the right to influence European decisions."

Speaking about the Paris attacks, Orban said not only are France and the French people at war, but the European Union has been attacked.

He expressed Hungary's condolences to France, and cited French President Francois Hollande, who called the attacks "an act of war."

The attacks that happened in Paris can happen in other places across Europe, Orban said, adding that "we are not safe." Endit