A Hungarian-Japanese politician targets migrants from ‘foreign cultures’

Simon Song is standing in Budapest's upcoming local election on an anti-immigrant platform despite being half Japanese himself

The district council hopeful previously shared a post in April showing two men of Arab descent leaving the devastating blaze engulfing the iconic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. One of the men appears to be smiling.

To some Hungarian observers, Song’s rhetoric reflects that of the country’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, who has said Hungary is no place for migrants. The party has been accused of gerrymandering, consolidating media under its control and engaging in unfair elections by critics. But perhaps most notably, Fidesz and Orban have been the target of accusations regarding their use of “anti-immigrant” rhetoric, especially after the 2015 refugee crisis.

For Jun Miyazaki, another Japanese-Hungarian running for council in Budapest’s sixth district, Song’s rhetoric is an example of “party politics” expanding to local elections, where politicians can do little about migration policy.

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