Hungary’s migration policy has proven effective and the government intends to maintain it, Prime Minister’s chief domestic security adviser György Bakondi said on Thursday on public television channel M1.
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This September marks the 10th anniversary of one of the most defining and controversial events in recent Hungarian history: the violent migrant riot at the Röszke border crossing, widely known as the “Battle of Röszke.”
In September 2015, the world saw chaotic scenes at Hungary’s southern border.
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The prime minister said, "we are doomed" if they entered, and "there is no way back".
Piroska Szalai said that 1.3 million people have arrived, and some 700,000 people have left Hungary.
In a candid appearance on the Pikk Extra podcast, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán engaged in a wide-ranging discussion with journalists Zsolt Bayer and Áron Ambrózy, touching on the challenges facing Hungary and the wider European political landscape.
György Bakondi said Hungary refuses to implement the migration pact, adding that the country instead aims to cooperate with and aid migrants’ countries of origin and transit countries.
Last year, Hungarian border guards arrested around 900 border violators in the first four months of the year, and almost 5,000 in the same period this year.
Concerning illegal migration, Rétvári said: "The EU has wasted ten years and is no closer to a solution, but the problem has grown even further."