“I think that this strictness is important for other countries. We see that the majority of European countries actually adopt the same laws,” Balla said during a meeting with the head of Russia’s Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, Konstantin Kosachev.
The inflow of migrants to Hungary has not shown any signs of decreasing, the ambassador said, adding that, in his view, the current large-scale migration into Europe is not a temporary phenomenon.
In mid-September, strict border control laws in Hungary came into force imposing prison sentences for illegal border crossing or causing damage to state property, including destroying border fences. Some 9,000 soldiers and military vehicles have been deployed to the Hungarian-Serbian border to enforce the new legislation.
Following the implementation of the new controls police recorded an overnight decline in border interceptions, from a record-setting 9,380 migrants to a mere 366 on September 15.
