Hollik: Govt rejects migrant quota

The government continues to reject the mandatory quota system for the resettlement of migrants, and will do its utmost to protect the Hungarian border fence and the security of the Hungarian people, government spokesman Istvan Hollik said on Friday. The past week has shown that migrants continue to flow en masse to Europe both at sea and on the mainland, increasing migration pressure on the continent, especially along the Balkan route, he told a press conference. This is why Germany has submitted a proposal to the European Council reviving the concept of mandatory quotas, Hollik said. It is important to establish "at this early stage of thinking" that the government insists on enforcing the interests of Hungarians in connection with migration, he said.