Friday, October 2, 2015

Hungarian Church Thanks God for Migrant Help; Views Protection from Migrants as a Task by God

The church in a southern Hungarian diocese -- heavily affected by an influx of migrants from Asia and Africa -- has thanked the right-wing government for regarding its efforts to seal Hungary's borders against further migration as "a task given by God," the Religion News website reports today (October 2, 2015).

Hungary -- a landlocked country whose government has been criticized by EU (European Union) peers for its anti-foreign stance -- has become a main transit route for hundreds of thousands of migrants arriving via the Balkans to the south.

More than 280,000 migrants -- fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa -- have passed through Hungary in central Europe this year so far, with most of them seeking sanctuary in wealthier countries of the western EU.

"We are thankful to God that our country has a government now which regards the protection of our country and people as a task given by God... while it promotes and practices brotherly love towards those arriving in our homeland," the Reformed Church of Csongrad diocese said in a statement this week. Csongrad county lies on the border with Serbia -- the border in which Hungary recently erected a razor fence over 100 miles long, in order to prevent migrants from entering its territory.

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