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Mr Soros said the EU should accept at least a million refugees annually

The human rights activist, who is a notable backer of the European Union, called on the EU to accept more refugees and cover the cost of housing health care and education for each refugee for the first two years. The billionaire businessman was last week accused by Hungary's prime minister of deliberately encouraging the migration crisis.

GETTY Mr Soros is a notable supporter of the EU


Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban claimed that activists like Mr Soros are partly to blame for the current crisis. He said: "This invasion is driven, on the one hand, by people smugglers, and on the other hand by those activists who supper everything that weakens the nation-state." "This Western mindset and this activist network is perhaps best represented by George Soros."

Mr Soros - a funder of pro-migration groups all over the world - released a statement in return to the comments, arguing his beliefs "uphold European values". In the statement Mr Soros called on the EU to create a new border control, whereby it "has to accept at least a million asylum-seekers annually for the foreseeable future". He said: "Adequate financing is critical. The EU should provide £10,000 (€15,000) per asylum-seeker for each of the first two years to help cover housing, health care, and education costs – and to make accepting refugees more appealing to member states." Mr Soros also said that it is important to "place refugees where they want to go".


GETTY The Hungarian prime minister accused Mr Orbos of encouraging the crisis

In another email statement he said that the Hungarian prime minister's hardline stance on immigration undermines foundation's values. According to Breitbart, he said: "His plan treats the protection of national borders as the objective and the refugees and an obstacle. "Our plan treats the protection of refugees as the objective and national borders as the obstacle."

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In September Hungarian troops were given the green light to use rubber bullets and tear gas against migrants at its border. MPs passed the new law allowing troops to use rubber bullets, flares, stun grenades and net guns against anyone who tries to break through the country's controversial barbed wire fence. Mr Orban spoke of the need for his country to protect itself and the rest of Europe from the "threat" of mass migration shortly before the bill was passed by parliament.