The waves of illegal migration must be handled outside Europe, he said, adding that the Hungarian government opposes plans under which another one million people would be “invited” into Europe.

There are warning signs that illegal migrants cannot be integrated into EU member states, he said. Hungary does not want immigrants and would instead remedy labour-market problems with Hungarians beyond the border. “Hungary had been struggling with the integration of its Roma population for 600 years. How could we possibly integrate anyone who is not from among us?”

Hungary protests a system of distributing migrants based on quotas and dissents with Germany which is a proponent. Hungary has collected 900,000 signatures on a petition to state its protest, he said.

Hungary proposes to solidify external borders, enhance security, reorganise the Schengen and Dublin systems, strengthen competences at national member state level and pursue a “fair” relationship with Russia, which could help in this situation, Lázár said.

Lázár added that Hungary’s border fence is working “exceptionally well”; there are fewer than 20 people who have tried to cross. He said the military and police were ready to take further measures depending on what other countries are doing.

If Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia close their borders there is a danger that migrants will come to the Hungarian- Romanian border and in this case the government is ready to erect a fence there, too, he added.

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