Szijjarto: Europe's borders must be protected

As long as Europe's security depends exclusively on the good will of Turkey, its borders will remain defenseless, Peter Szijjarto, Hungary's foreign minister, said on Monday. He said Turkey had terminated its agreement with Greece to take back migrants. "This goes to show how fragile the situation has become on Europe's southern border," Szijjarto told MTI by phone after attending a meeting of foreign ministers of the Central European Initiative in Split. "If the EU-Turkish deal goes the same way as the Greek-Turkish agreement, a new wave of migrants can be expected on the Western Balkan route, and hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants may arrive on Hungary's southern border in the blink of an eye". Szijjarto said the Western Balkans was the only remaining line of defence and Hungary's fence "really works".