PM DEFENDS POSITION ON MIGRANTS

WARSAW Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Monday that his country’s strong opposition to allowing migrants into Europe doesn’t mean that Hungarians have hearts of stone.

On a visit to Warsaw, Orban and his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, defended their refusal to accept refugees, a stance that has put them in conflict with the EU. Both said their nations are aiding people in Africa and the Middle East, insisting this was a better way to address migration.

“We do not have stones instead of hearts. We are a Christian people. We know what commitments are, what it means to help. But we cannot help anyone if we destroy our country in the meantime,” Orban said.