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pampango

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Wed Sep 2, 2015, 09:43 AM Sep 2015

Migrants in Budapest, Hungary, Meet Jobbik's Far-Right Activists

Thousands of migrants stranded in Hungary's capital after being refused rail travel to Western Europe were met by far-right activists Wednesday. Halting the trains appeared to have an immediate affect on the migrants' primary target of Germany. Police there reported only around 50 migrants arrived on trains into Munich, compared with 2,400 on Tuesday, the AP reported.

Authorities in Budapest set up a makeshift migrant camp near the main railway station after trains were halted indefinitely in an attempt to cope with the deepening migrant crisis across Europe.

Members of Hungary's far-right Jobbik political party were among the first to pitch a tent at the camp, which NBC News visited on Wednesday. Across its entrance they hung a banner saying: "Budapest is not a refugee camp."

A 67-year-old local man who only gave his name as Laszlo told NBC News he was "speechless" at the standoff. "I want to know, who is responsible for this? Hungary, Austria, Germany, the E.U.?" he said with tears in his eyes. "And what were these people thinking…to drag their children all the way here...even babies...what did they expect?"

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/europes-border-crisis/marooned-migrants-budapest-hungary-met-jobbiks-far-right-activists-n420126

Hey, Lazlo! Are you seriously asking what kind of parents would take their children out of a war zone without asking permission of right-wing activists like yourself?

Another example of muddled right-wing thinking: Despite the fact that Germany is welcoming these refugees, Hungary's RW government has halted the trains to Germany. The result: Thousands of refugees stuck in Budapest which gives Jobbik activists someone to protest against. Idiots. Just plain idiots.

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