UPDATE Sept. 4, 7 a.m. EDT:
#BREAKING Hungary closes Roszke border crossing after 300 migrants escape from camp: police
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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the ongoing migrant crisis was a problem for Germany, not Europe. "The problem is not a European problem. The problem is a German problem," Orban said while addressing a joint press conference with the European Parliament President Martin Schulz in Brussels on Thursday, according to Euro News.
"Nobody would like to stay in Hungary. So we don't have difficulties with those who wants to stay in Hungary. Nobody wants to stay in Hungary, neither in Slovakia, nor Poland, nor Estonia. All of them would like to go Germany. Our job is only to register them," the Hungarian premier said.
Orban also made a controversial statement saying that Muslims refugees are not welcome in Hungary.
"We don't want to, and I think we have a right to decide that we do not want a large number of Muslim people in our country. We do not like the consequences of having a large number of Muslim communities that we see in other countries and I do not see any reason for anyone else to force us to create ways of living together in Hungary that we do not want to see. That is a historical experience for us," he said, according to Al Jazeera.
Orban's remarks came as Hungary opened the Eurostar rail station in Budapest two days after hundreds of migrants clashed with riot police at the rail station, reported BBC. Orban's Fidesz party is known for its anti-immigration hardline policies.
The Hungarian prime minister urged Syrian refugees to stay in Turkey and stop travelling to Europe. Hungary is facing a massive migrant crisis as refugees from Syria and other middle eastern countries have been using its territory to gain entry into Germany.
