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Johan Leman, 31 January 2020

On 27 January, Viktor Orbán was in Auschwitz for a ceremony of remembrance, 75 years
after the concentration camp was liberated. Just a day later, Hungarian police fired three
warning shots to prevent some 60 people from crossing the border between Serbia and
Hungary. Four of those people still managed to cross, and were immediately arrested.
Am I saying that Orbán’s policy should have been to allow all 60 people into the country? No.
But he could have ensured they were taken care of and assessed – using an adequate and fast
procedure – who among them was eligible for asylum and who wasn’t. Going back and forth
to Auschwitz is obviously easier. And for someone like that, moving among senior leaders is
clearly a much more rewarding task.

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