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Hungary expects growing migrant pressure
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Budapest (MTI) – Hungary will be exposed to growing migrant pressure this year, government office chief János Lázár said.
Hungary opposes attempts by Brussels “to impose mandatory quotas” on its member states, Lázár told a regular government press briefing on Thursday.
The continent’s security will not improve in the coming decade due to the migrant crisis, he said.
Hungary is likely to be exposed to another wave of migrant pressure from spring and is therefore ready to erect a new fence along its border, this time on the border with Romania, Lázár said.
Hungary is in continual consultations with neighbouring countries, Romania among them, just has Turkey is doing with the European Union, he said.
Citing comments by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan concerning new Syrian arrivals, Lázár said the government was preparing for the need to confront Brussels over a deal between the EU and Turkey which would put the continent under the pressure of migrants.
He said Hungary’s border was under renewed pressure and this is why the physical border defences needed legal protections, too. He said there was no chance of the migrant crisis in Europe easing, adding that similar events to those experienced last year were likely to take place this year, too.
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