The small town of Vitnyéd on the Hungarian-Austrian border is not standing still. However strongly the Hungarian government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán may reject reports of the secret construction of a migrant shelter, locals and the opposition do not believe these assurances. Now a ministry template has been leaked adding even more fuel to the blazing fire.
As the weekly magazine “Magyar Hang” reports, it has come into possession of a template from the Ministry of the Interior which mentions an amount of 4.7 billion forints (about 12 million euros) that was budgeted for the construction of Creating a warehouse with a capacity of 500 places. The document, which cites the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling of June 13, “orders the construction of a new reception center to accommodate asylum seekers in the village of Vitnyéd,” the medium quoted. In June, the Court of Justice sentenced Hungary to huge fines for failing to comply with EU asylum rules, which the Hungarian government has refused to pay to this day.
Government: Holiday camp planned for young people
Chancellery Minister Gergely Gulyás declared at the end of September that the facility, not far from the village, should be used as a holiday camp for young people. No one in the region believes that, explained non-partisan local politician László Remete. “Why does a holiday camp need a three-metre high wire fence in the middle of the forest, why police protection? We will continue to demonstrate,” asked the mayoral candidate of Kapuvár.
Remete reported on Monday that the recently built high transmission tower has now been dismantled. According to him, there is still great uncertainty about the alleged construction of the refugee camp 15 km from the Austrian border. As construction work continues (see photos below).
Outrage in the opposition camp
Opposition leader Péter Magyar was outraged by the new revelations and sharply criticized the Orbán government. “While the government has presented itself for years as an unconditional champion of the fight against illegal immigration, in reality it has released 2,000 smugglers, trafficked in ‘golden visas’, and brought 60,000 economic migrants into our country every year… And is now building , while “She denies everything and does not even inform the local population, a migrant camp on the site of a former prestigious school, with a transmission tower and barbed wire.”
Source: Krone
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