Budapest--New anti-immigration billboards put up by the Hungarian government have sparked political controversy, with the head of a small opposition party admitting on Monday that he had vandalised the state-funded posters.
The posters, which recently popped up in the capital Budapest, feature slogans like: "If you come to Hungary, you cannot take away Hungarians' jobs" and "If you come to Hungary, you have to respect our culture!"
"We will not stop making the hate posters disappear," said Viktor Szigetvari who leads the opposition liberal party, Together (Egyutt).
Six of his party members were arrested on Sunday for defacing the billboards, but have since been released.
The posters -- widely ridiculed on social media -- are part of a larger anti-immigration campaign driven by Prime Minister Viktor Orban in response to a surge in asylum seekers.
AFP
