Hungary to seek public's views on immigration
Budapest (AFP) - Hungary's government said Friday it will seek the public's views on immigration, including on whether asylum-seekers should be made to work, as Prime Minister Viktor Orban called existing EU rules "stupid".
"People will be asked (by questionnaire) whether they agree that illegal border-crossers should be taken into custody, or whether they should be deported immediately," government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said.
Another of the 12 questions will ask if migrants should have to work in order to cover the costs of their accommodation or detention, Kovacs told journalists. The responses will help experts and MPs draw up new rules.
Around eight million people in 10-million-strong Hungary, which receives the second-highest number of asylum applicants by size of population in the EU, will be sent the "public consultation" in May. ...
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