Hungary's populist prime minister called Friday on the US, Australia, Israel and "rich Arab nations" to take in some ofthe migrants flowing into Europe, while likening the influx to an "army," AFP reports.

"It's not fair, that the USA doesn't take any in, or only 10,000-15,000 refugees," Viktor Orban told radio station Kossuth.

"It's not fair that Israel doesn't take any at all, that Australia doesn't take any at all, that the rich Arab countries are dithering," he said.

"Everyone looks to Europe, because someone sent the refugees out in this direction."

The comments by Orban, whose country has received almost 300,000 migrants this year, most of them just passing through en route to western Europe, follow his appeal at the United Nations General Assembly this week for "global quotas".

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