According to the ministry’s announcement, after his meeting with the President of Tunisia, Kais Said, the head of the ministry said that Hungary’s presidency of the EU will take place in a period full of risks, and perhaps the migration the most important of these. pressure on the continent.
According to him, the situation is made worse by the fact that Brussels is currently pursuing a pro-immigration policy, which is bad for Europe and North Africa, because illegal immigration is a risk to transit and destination states.
“To be effective against migration, two changes would be needed in Brussels. First, the funding of NGOs that collaborate with people smugglers and transport migrants must be stopped,” he said.
“These NGOs transport migrants across the Mediterranean, communicate with smugglers and bring illegal immigrants to Europe for money. Instead of these migrant transport NGOs, the coast guards of North African countries should be funded,” he continued.
The tens or hundreds of millions of euros from which Brussels supports NGOs could be used to modernize the coast guards of North African countries, thus preventing human trafficking and reducing the pressure on migration .
he thought.
He also pointed out that Brussels should also stop giving diktats to African countries, instead relations should be restored due to mutual respect.
Peter Szijjártó warned that as Africa’s population will increase by 750 million over the next twenty years, significant economic development programs are needed. Without this, if Europe leaves Africa alone, it will face unmanageable humanitarian and security challenges in the years and decades to come.
“We know very well that when Europe defends itself against migration, the North African defense line plays a big role. And Tunisia has a distinguished place here”
he pointed out.
“Therefore, we ask the European Union not to interfere with Tunisia’s internal political processes, not to destabilize Tunisia, but to cooperate in the -to fight migration and to implement economic improvements in line with the comprehensive partnership agreement,” he said.
