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The Latest: Hungary far right wants tougher anti-migrant law

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 filer, the wrecked fishing boat that capsized and sunk on April 18, 2015 off the coast of Libya, lies outside a Nato base in the Sicilian town of Mellili, Italy. Officials have put the number of dead in the April 2015 migrant shipwreck at between 750 and 800 people, following autopsies on the remains retrieved from inside the vessel. That figure is in line with survivor estimates of between 700-800 victims. Only 28 people survived the April 18, 2015 shipwreck, the deadliest known migrant tragedy. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli, File)
FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 filer, the wrecked fishing boat that capsized and sunk on April 18, 2015 off the coast of Libya, lies outside a Nato base in the Sicilian town of Mellili, Italy. Officials have put the number of dead in the April 2015 migrant shipwreck at between 750 and 800 people, following autopsies on the remains retrieved from inside the vessel. That figure is in line with survivor estimates of between 700-800 victims. Only 28 people survived the April 18, 2015 shipwreck, the deadliest known migrant tragedy. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli, File) FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 filer, the wrecked fishing boat that capsized and sunk on April 18, 2015 off the coast of Libya, lies outside a Nato base in the Sicilian town of Mellili, Italy. Officials have put the number of dead in the April 2015 migrant shipwreck at between 750 and 800 people, following autopsies on the remains retrieved from inside the vessel. That figure is in line with survivor estimates of between 700-800 victims. Only 28 people survived the April 18, 2015 shipwreck, the deadliest known migrant tragedy. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli, File)

By Associated Press 2 min read

PARIS (AP) – The Latest on Europe’s response to massive influx of asylum-seekers and migrants (all times local):

6:40 p.m.

Hungary’s far-right Jobbik party says it will only support the government’s constitutional amendment opposing the mass settlement of migrants if it also bans a disputed plan offering residency permits to foreigners buying a special state bond for 300,000 euros ($330,000).

Jobbik president Gabor Vona says that his party wants “to protect Hungary from all kinds of settlements.”

Vona’s announcement could make it harder for Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party to secure the two-thirds majority needed in the legislature to approve the amendment.