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.
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.
The growing pressure of illegal migration has been on the rise since 2021, and the numbers do not seem to be declining.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán highlighted Hungary’s halting migration and the protection of price caps on household utility bills among the country’s achievements in 2022.
Pressure posed by migration is increasing along the Western Balkan route with groups of young armed men attacking border guards.
Hungarian border police have stopped 4,200 migrants who have attempted to enter the country illegally since January 1.
Sándor Pintér said that although Hungary is capable of protecting its own Schengen border for the time being, it is happy to accept help from its Visegrad partners.
Ahmed H., the convicted leader of a violent mob of immigrants that tried to storm the Hungarian-Serbian border in 2015, can now return to Cyprus. Hopefully, with this latest, the story finally comes to a close, but let’s not forget what really happened here and what this case means.
The interior ministers of Germany, France, Italy, and Malta gathered yesterday in Malta to revive the mandatory migrant relocation scheme, the one that some thought had already died a painful death.
Hungarian border authorities have apprehended a group of migrants attempting to enter Hungary by sailing up the River Tisza in an inflatable dinghy.
According to Frontex, illegal immigration in the European Union rose by nine percent in August to almost 13,000 registered cases.
“I would like to express that we are proud to stand together with the United States in the fight against illegal migration, terrorism and to protect and help the Christian communities around the world,” PM Orbán said
“Departing for Hungary to build a new Europe,” Matteo Salvini, minister of interior and deputy prime minister of Italy, tweeted this morning.