Fidesz MEP: Europe 'must protect borders'

The European Union "must protect its borders at sea and on land as expected by its voters," Kinga Gal, MEP of Hungary's ruling Fidesz, said on Tuesday. The EU should "prevent thousands of migrants from risking their lives at the Mediterranean Sea; it should make it clear that they cannot enter the continent illegally and it must eliminate the human smuggling rings," Gal insisted. Gal responded to remarks by EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos, who said that the number of illegal immigrants had plummeted in Europe and there was no migration crisis on the continent.