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Chilean politician and former presidential candidate José Antonio Kast has recently embarked on a campaign tour that led him to the border fence in Hungary, reports German newspaper Die Welt.
On May 2, 2024, in Szeged (southern-Hungary), Mr. Kast collaborated with Hungarian security forces to inspect the border fence and other installations of border protection.
Photo: Facebook / José Antonio Kast
During his visit, he proposed a concrete plan: to build a wall between Bolivia and Chile.
“Illegal immigration is destroying our country. To stop it, we urgently need to close our borders,” Mr. Kast wrote, emphasizing the inevitability of fences.
La inmigración ilegal está destruyendo nuestro país. Para frenarla, es urgente cerrar nuestra frontera. La zanja es necesaria, pero insuficiente. El muro y las vallas son inevitables. #CerremosLaFrontera pic.twitter.com/RrGjTfKCRo
— José Antonio Kast Rist (@joseantoniokast) May 2, 2024
José Antonio Kast’s visit to Hungary is part of a Hungarian-Latin American series of meetings where migration issues take center stage. Countries grappling with serious humanitarian challenges caused by migration seek proximity with Hungarian representatives. Budapest justifies its criticism of Europe based on its international interests in border policy. Migration also dominates discussions in other Latin American countries where the Hungarian government maintains close ties.
In Panama and the Dominican Republic, migration features prominently in election campaigns.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and his counterpart visited Panama shortly before the presidential elections in early May. During the visit, they criticized NGOs attempting to regularize illegal migration.
Via Die Welt; Featured Image: police.hu