UN, rights groups urge Hungary to end anti-migrant stance

December 22, 2015 04:05

The UN's refugee agency and human rights groups have urged Hungary to end policies that promote "intolerance and hatred" of migrants as Europe struggles to cope with its worst migration crisis since World War II.

In a joint statement, UNHCR, the Council of Europe and the OSCE's office of human rights yesterday called on Hungary's leaders to help "those who have been forced out of their countries against their own will and choice and are currently seeking safety in Europe".

They criticised a public campaign launched by the Hungarian government this month that they said portrayed refugees, most of them coming from war-torn Syria, as "criminals, invaders and terrorists based on their religious beliefs and places of origin".

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