Hungarian PM: Build ‘giant refugee city’ in Libya rather than let them in

The EU should fund the construction of a giant refugee camp in turbulent Libya and keep asylum seekers there rather than allow them into the EU, controversial Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban suggested as quoted by Russia Today.

Speaking in Vienna after a summit of European and Balkans countries on the refugee crisis, he reiterated his scepticism over how Brussels has been handling it so far.

He suggested that Libya should reassume the role as Europe’s refugee buffer, which it served before a NATO-backed uprising ousted Libya strongman Muammar Gaddafi before the country plunged into the state of chaos it remains in today.

"Unless we preserve Libya as one and stabilise it we cannot create the gigantic refugee city by Libya's Mediterranean coast," he said.

People seeking asylum in the EU could be kept at the proposed facility while their applications are being processed, Orban said. The process is notoriously slow, so even if the suggestion is realized, people would likely to live in this ‘city’ for years before their requests are considered.

The Hungarian leader was vague about details of his plan, like who would provide security for the giant refugee camp located in a country rife with violence.

Source: MENA