Hungary’s Police Force Ready To Manage Migrant Situation At Croatian Border
- 18 Sep 2015 8:00 AM
Hungary’s police force is prepared to manage the migration situation on the Hungarian-Croatian border, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. He said police will use the same methods as they did on the Serbian border to prevent a massive influx of illegal migrants into Hungary and the inner areas of the European Union. He said that while Croatia’s immigration system “collapsed within a single day, we have stood our ground for nine months.”
The government spokesman said that over 200,000 illegal migrants have arrived in Hungary so far, more than 172,000 of whom submitted asylum applications.
Commenting on the closed border stations in Röszke and Ásotthalom, Kovács said it is in both Hungary’s and Serbia’s interest that the border stations resume operations as soon as possible.
He added that Hungarian authorities need guarantees from Serbian police that illegal migrants will be kept away from the border stations.
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