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Chief Security Advisor: EU’s new migration pact could seriously affect continent
György Bakondi noted that a total of 355,000 migrants had come to Europe on the three main migration routes last year, a record number since 2016.
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Chief Security Advisor: EU's failed solution on migration seriously compromises security
György Bakondi called it “strange” that a qualified majority had passed the decision rather than a unanimous vote and that “all the arguments that we presented went unheard”.
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Chief Security Advisor: Hungary doesn’t want to implement EU’s migration pact
György Bakondi said the EU approach to allow migrants into the bloc’s territory to await the assessment of their asylum applications “after they have crossed 6 to 8 safe countries”...
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Bakondi: EU's migration package is “dangerous” because it promotes migration
When put before the Justice and Home Affairs Council, only Hungary and Poland voted against the draft regulation.
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Bakondi: Almost 500 border violations on average weekday and more at weekends
The latest data shows that 91,000 people tried to cross the border illegally this year and criminal proceedings were undertaken against 700 people smugglers who typically operated in large gangs.
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Bakondi: Government is working to thwart adoption of mandatory resettlement quotas
Chief Security Advisor György Bakondi insisted that the package would weigh on public security, the welfare system and public healthcare.
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Bakondi: Nearly 49,000 border violators stopped in Hungary this year
György Bakondi told public radio that migrants and human smugglers had kept Hungary’s borders under significant pressure.
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Chief Security Advisor: Civil war in Sudan expected to increase illegal migration to EU
The Hungarian Armed Forces, working with the foreign and interior ministries, evacuated 32 people, including seven Hungarians, in a special operation from Sudan.
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Bakondi: International cooperation is only way to tackle people smugglers
György Bakondi said people smugglers operate within an international network, EU law enforcement bodies like border agency Frontex would play a key role in coordinating the exchange of information and conducting international operations.
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Bakondi: Human smuggling can only be eliminated through international cooperation
The European Union’s southern borders are now better guarded thanks to cooperation among EU countries like Austria, Croatia and Hungary as well as non-EU states like Serbia and Montenegro.
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Illegal border entry attempts more than double in a year
The number of illegal entrants apprehended at Hungary’s border jumped to 269,254 last year from 122,239 in 2021, amounting to a daily average of 738 attempts.
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162,000 illegal migrants apprehended at Hungary’s border since start of year
The figures show that the border is under massive pressure, with illegal migrants of various nationalities arriving continually, helped by increasingly well-organized human smuggling rings.
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145,000 illegal entrants apprehended at Hungary’s border so far this year
György Bakondi said the number has gone up from 57,000 during the same period in 2021.