Orbán: Flow of migration has ebbed but not over

Budapest, March 7 (MTI) – The influx of migrants has ebbed but has not come to an end, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday at an oath-taking ceremony for “border-hunter” police. “We are still under attack,” Orbán said.

The pressure on Hungary’s borders will not cease in the next few years because millions more people are preparing to set off in the hope of a better life, Orbán said. “We can only rely on ourselves,” he said, adding that the European Union could not be relied upon and “they only make our job more difficult”.

The migration crisis will last until its causes are removed, he said.

“It will remain on the agenda until it is recognised everywhere that migration is a Trojan horse for terrorism,” the prime minister added.

Orbán asked the new border police to act firmly but humanely and follow the rule of the law.

He added that the regulations also apply to migrants who want to cross the border illegally. “This is the reality and cannot be overridden by any form of whining human rights nonsense”.