Hungary offers Serbia additional help in stemming illegal migration

Hajdukovo, August 25 (MTI) – Hungary will continue to help Serbia in its border protection efforts aimed at stemming the wave of illegal migrants, the interior minister said in Hajdukovo (Hajdújárás), northern Serbia, on Thursday.

Sándor Pintér visited the village in the province of Vojvodina (Vajdaság) near the Hungarian border where he held talks with Nebojsa Stefanovic, his Serbian counterpart.

The two ministers reviewed their countries’ security situation from the point of view of pressure posed by migration. They agreed to draft proposals on possible measures that could help neighbouring countries and the EU to tackle the migrant crisis.

Hungary is ready to further help Serbia by contributing police units, as well as providing information and legal consultancy in connection with Serbian efforts to protect its border with Macedonia and Bulgaria, Pintér told reporters after the meeting.

Pintér reaffirmed Hungary’s position that the EU and its external borders must be protected.