Hungarian PM rallies diaspora in bid to vote down EU migrant quotas

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde attends the 60th anniversary of the Paris Club at the French Ministry of Finance in Paris, France, July 1, 2016. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania (Reuters) - Prime Minister Viktor Orban is rallying support among ethnic Hungarians in central Europe as he pushes for the rejection of European Union migrant quotas in a referendum on Oct. 2.

At home, Orban, 53, is running a billboard campaign urging Hungarians to vote against what his government has called a dangerous European Commission proposal to distribute migrants and refugees across EU member states.