GETTY Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban has attacked the EU's response to the migrant crisis

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Thousands of refugees are currently risking their lives to reach Europe, as part of their desperate bid to escape conflict and persecution in the Middle East and Africa. But as the continent struggles to deal with the massive numbers, which are the highest seen since the Second World War, the Hungarian Prime Minister has attacked the EU over their response to the situation. Prime Minister Viktor Orban also spoke of the consequences of having too many Muslim communities in his country, as he argued that it should be up each nation to decide who they allow in.

Writing in German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, he said: "We must acknowledge that the European Union's misguided immigration policy is responsible for this situation. "Irresponsibility is the mark of every European politician who holds out the promise of a better life to immigrants and encourages them to leave everything behind and risk their lives in setting out for Europe. "If Europe does not return to the path of common sense, it will find itself laid low in a battle for its fate."

REUTERS People were told to leave Keleti station in Budapest

REUTERS Migrants leaving the station during the chaotic scenes

Later in a news conference, he said the 150-year history of Ottoman rule during the 16th and 17th century meant Hungarians would not accept large-scale Muslim immigration. The Prime Minister than later attacked criticism over his country's decision to erect a razor-wire fence along the EU's external frontier with Serbia. He said: "All countries have a right to decide whether they want to live with large numbers of Muslims in their countries. "If they want to, they can. We don't want to, and we have a right to decide we do not want a large number of Muslim people in our country.

We have a right to decide we do not want a large number of Muslim people in our country Viktor Orban