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Orban Accuses Soros of Stoking Refugee Wave to Weaken Europe
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ByAndras Gergely
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban accused billionaire investor
George Soros of being a prominent member of a circle of "activists"
trying to undermine European nations by supporting refugees heading to
the continent from the Middle East and beyond.
"His name is
perhaps the strongest example of those who support anything that weakens
nation states, they support everything that changes the traditional
European lifestyle," Orban said in an interview on public radio Kossuth.
"These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of
this international human-smuggling network."
Rights groups have criticized Orban for building a razor-wire fence
on the border, tightening asylum laws and boosting his support among
voters with anti-immigrant rhetoric. Soros, who was born in Hungary and
is one of the biggest philanthropists in eastern Europe via his
foundations and university, gives grants to organizations that provide legal assistance to asylum seekers.
Soros said in an e-mailed statement that a six-point plan published by his foundation helps “uphold European values” while Orban’s actions “undermine those values.”
“His
plan treats the protection of national borders as the objective and the
refugees as an obstacle,” he said in the statement. “Our plan treats
the protection of refugees as the objective and national borders as the
obstacle.”
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