According to the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Chief, the Brussels quota regime could mean the relocation to Hungary of a number of people that is equal to the population of Szeged over a period of five years. Antal Rogán said in Parliament on Monday: the quotas mean mandatory settlement which the Hungarian Government finds unlawful, and would therefore like to turn to the European Court on this account.
The Minister responded to Lajos Kósa’s (Fidesz) address before the start of daily business, who took the view that it had been ascertained at the weekend: American billionaire György Soros is behind the “settlement quota”.
Mr Rogán pointed out that the quota means that the European Union intends to settle immigrants in the nation states on a mandatory basis, regardless of what the national parliaments, governments or the people actually think about this.
The mandatory relocation quota, he continued, will be determined on the basis of a formula. Mr Rogán presented the “Juncker formula” on a piece of paper.
As he said, similar to György Soros, Germany, too, is expecting a million immigrants this year, and “based on the Juncker formula”, Hungary would be required to cater for settling some 13,200 people annually. If the calculation is based on the influx of 1.2 million people, this would mean the relocation to Hungary of more than 15,000 people annually, he added.
Mr Rogán reiterated that, according to the research institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, immigration will continue for five years. The Minister believes that there will also be family reunifications, and based on the formula, the settling quota “will mean the relocation to Hungary of a number of people that is equal to the population of Szeged over a period of five years”.
He stated: the very meaning of the quota system can be called into question. It will not solve, but will aggravate the crisis, and will not give an answer to the issues of settlement. The Hungarian Government finds the mandatory quotas unacceptable, he stressed.
The Minister pointed out that the Schengen system, too, may be at risk as some European countries are reinstating their borders.
He indicated that the Hungarian Government finds the mandatory quota regime unlawful, given that the European leaders had no authorisation to adopt a mandatory decision on this issue. Therefore, similar to other European governments, the Hungarian Government, too, intends to turn to the European Court. In order to do so, it needs the support of the Hungarian Parliament and the people, he said.