This week, Hungary, which has during the past year come under pressure for its handling of Europe’s mass migration crisis, has become the first government to open an office specifically to address the persecution of Christians in the Middle East and Europe. ‘Today, Christianity has become the most persecuted religion, where four out of five people killed for religious reasons are Christians’ said Hungary’s Minister for Human Capacities, Zoltan Balog. 200 million Christians live in areas where they are discriminated against. The move sets a precedent on the international stage. It comes after Hungary’s right-wing conservative Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, drew criticism in the EU by saying Europe should focus on helping Christians, before helping millions of Islamic people coming into Europe. ‘If we really want to help, we should help where the real problem is. We should first help the Christian people before Islamic people’, Orban said.