György Bakondi said the fact that some migrants were carrying knives or guns showed that illegal migration posed a threat to the county's security.
Authorities apprehended 70 people on the southern border this past weekend and more than 3,700 migrants have been caught so far this year.
György Bakondi insisted that the objective of the so-called Soros plan to have one million illegal immigrants enter Europe each year had been achieved last year.
PFE will also fight measures weighing on agricultural producers as well as ones negatively impacting Europe’s competitiveness.
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.
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”.
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” was “mistaken”.
When put before the Justice and Home Affairs Council, only Hungary and Poland voted against the draft regulation.
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.
Chief Security Advisor György Bakondi insisted that the package would weigh on public security, the welfare system and public healthcare.
György Bakondi told public radio that migrants and human smugglers had kept Hungary’s borders under significant pressure.
The Hungarian Armed Forces, working with the foreign and interior ministries, evacuated 32 people, including seven Hungarians, in a special operation from Sudan.
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.