PM Orban says Hungarians not ‘stone-hearted’ toward migrants

14 May, 2018 14:52 / Updated 7 years ago

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Monday that his country's strong opposition to allowing migrants into Europe doesn’t mean that Hungarians are “stone-hearted.” During a visit to Warsaw, Orban and his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, defended their refusal to accept refugees, AP reports. Both leaders said their nations are aiding people in Africa and the Middle East, in or closer to their native lands, saying this was a better way to address migration. “We also have hearts, we do not have stones instead of hearts. We are a Christian people… We cannot help anyone if we destroy our country in the meantime,” Orban said.