Advisor: Hungary continues to resist migration pressure - paper

Despite repeated attempts by illegal migrants, Hungary's law enforcement agencies will protect the borders of the country and the European Union, and the security of Hungarians and Europeans, the prime minister's domestic security advisor said in an interview to the daily Magyar Hirlap on Thursday. In 2019 the number of attempted entries at the southern borders of Hungary reached 13,000, doubling from the whole of last year, Gyorgy Bakondi said. In addition to the border with Serbia, "we have also experienced increased activity at our border sections with Romania and Croatia," he said. Some 468 people tried to enter illegally from Romania and 294 from Croatia this year, he added. "In both cases, ... the number of attempted entries has already more than doubled compared to the whole of last year," he said.