And Mr Orban seems to be one of the few who are willing to properly police the EU's external borders.
The fact is that these people are not refugees. Leaving aside the fact that many of them are simply economic migrants, the UN's Convention relating to the status of refugees says that countries should not take action against people entering illegally provided (and only provided) they present themselves to the authorities in the first safe country they reach. Hungary is surrounded by seven other countries and all, with the exception of Ukraine are, by any definition, "safe". Most of the migrants enter Hungary from Serbia which is an official EU candidate nation. A "stabilisation and association" agreement has been in force between the EU and Serbia since 2013 and plans for its full membership are well advanced. So there is no question that Serbia is a safe nation. Furthermore, they probably arrived in the EU in Greece. In short, they have already been in a number of "safe" countries" but decided against claiming asylum.That being the case, by the time they reach Hungary they have lost their status as refugees are are simply illegal immigrants. Mr Orban has decided how his country will deal with illegal immigrants and he is to be applauded. Instead of simply waving them through to their desired destination (which is simply passing the problem on elsewhere) he is doing what other nations should do and holding them in confinement until their status can be ratified or otherwise.