National security committee: Migration pressure unlikely to abate soon

Budapest, September 30 (MTI) – Most recent information suggests that migration pressure on Europe, and on Hungary, is unlikely to abate anytime soon, members of parliament’s national security committee said on Wednesday.

Zsolt Molnar, the head of the committee representing the opposition Socialists, told reporters after the session that it is expected that the number of migrants entering the continent is unlikely to decrease despite the fact that winter is approaching. He said the government is “half a year behind” in its response to the crisis, but applauded the efforts taken by the police and the secret services.

Molnar said the Syrian man, who was taken into custody for his alleged role in clashes between migrants and police at the Serbian-Hungarian border earlier this month, has been linked to an Islamic fundamentalist movement, but there is no information to suggest that he was plotting to carry out a terrorist act.

Answering a question, Molnar said authorities have no knowledge about any Hungarian citizens joining Islamic State or that any Islamic communities in Hungary would sympathise with them. He said there was no information to suggest that there is any terrorist threat against Hungary, adding however that the risk might increase due to the vast number of people passing through the country.