During a radio program last month, Orbán described Soros-funded organizations as the biggest enemies of Hungary and followed up last week by claiming that the billionaire has 2,000 agents working to overthrow the Hungarian government and install pro-migration politicians.
Britain might both welcome, and profit from, straightforward economic migration if politicians made an honest case for it.
Its economic boom, known as the Mexican Miracle, encouraged heavy migration, and few politicians were eager to stem the flow of incoming labour with strict building codes or regulations.
The politicians know migration targets will not work but now falsely believe they are essential to convincing the voters they can get immigration under control.
The proposal is understood to have been among a raft of ideas discussed at the latest top-level migration meeting between European politicians on Monday.
The figure of 333,000 not only underlined beyond any doubt that Britain had become a country of mass migration but also meant politicians who claimed they could make deep cuts in the numbers while Britain remained in the European Union were simply not believed.
A sceptical public will have yet more evidence that migration is a problem the politicians cannot solve.
It is apparent that European officials – pressed by politicians to reduce migration – have learned little from their failures.
Wrangling over the Greek debt crisis is overshadowing a summit of all 28 EU leaders, where politicians are discussing migration and David Cameron's proposals for renegotiating Britain's relationship with the EU.
At the time, politicians saw wealth migration as a way to "reboot a troubled regional economy through an infusion of activity from the growth region of the Asia Pacific," Ley told the Vancouver Sun earlier this week.
The primary aim of a lot of politicians when talking about migration is to give the public the impression that they're going tough on migration, but reactions like building a fence, deporting migrants or increasing border controls are not really based on real insight of what drives migration and are therefore ineffective.
