Nemeth: V4 countries demonstrate illegal migration can be stopped

Members of the Visegrad Group have demonstrated for the world that illegal migration can be halted, the head of the defence committee of the Hungarian parliament said in Budapest on Thursday. Addressing a meeting of V4 defence committees, Szilard Nemeth said that "various organisations, political and economic forces and lobbyists" are trying to "push the view through the European Union and the UN" that migration is "a good thing". Arguing that illegal migration is unstoppable, they intend to legalise it, he insisted. Cooperation between the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia has proved since 2015 that the problem can be resolved, Nemeth said, adding that although "there are still attempts" to cross these countries illegally, statistics show that the migration pressure has plummeted.