Szijjarto: Stemming migration requires external allies

Stemming the waves of illegal migration requires external allies such as Egypt, an "extremely important partner", Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after talks with his Visegrad counterparts and the foreign minister of Egypt in Budapest on Monday. According to a foreign ministry statement, Szijjarto said Europe had been under constant pressure from migration since 2015. The minister insisted that the Visegrad Group countries had cooperated and thwarted plans to introduce migrant quotas in Europe, adding that "had we not succeeded, thousands or even tens of thousands of illegal migrants would now be living in our countries". Close cooperation is still needed, he said, adding that "one mistake is being made after another" on the international stage and "irresponsible remarks are threatening even greater migration waves."