National Security Cttee holds closed-door meeting on illegal migration in Budapest

Parliament’s National Security Committee held a closed-door meeting on Wednesday to discuss the situation arising from migration pressure on the Greek-Turkish border.

The (Fidesz) deputy head of the committee, János Halász, said illegal migration dominated national security issues. The Fidesz group called for future committee meetings to focus on illegal migration, he said.

He insisted that

100,000 migrants were ready to travel from Turkey to the European Union, while there were “hundreds of thousands” of migrants in the Western Balkans.

Many, he added, were “attacking the Hungarian border”.

Over the past two months, Hungary has witnessed the most border violations, he said.

Halász said the ruling party’s group “firmly supports” government measures to bolster border surveillance and close transit zones due to the danger of the new coronavirus.

He said Hungary also supports European Union help for countries, including Greece and Hungary, in protecting Europe’s borders.

• 6,597 people had been apprehended at the Hungary-Serbia border since January 1