Orban: Europe must be able to protect its own borders

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday said the Visegrad Group and Austria agreed that the European Union must be in a position to protect its external borders against migrants and ensure security for its citizens. At a joint international press conference after the V4-plus-Austria summit, Orban said ties between members of the EU should be "characterised by cooperation rather than confrontation". Migration should be handled "with a focus on issues on which consensus can be reached", he said. Border protection and setting up refugee camps outside the EU were two such areas, Orban added. The prime minister said there was "no point in pushing issues" such as quotas when there is no agreement on them.