The Government Spokesperson stated that Hungary will not take back a single migrant intended to be sent back as these people “did not parachute into Hungary” but travelled thousands of kilometres by land, and did not first enter the territory of the European Union in Hungary.

Zoltán Kovács said on the evening programme of the public service television news channel M1 on Thursday: it is enough to take a look at the map to realise that this is a fact.

The Government Spokesperson found it unacceptable that certain countries only apply the asylum regulations when it suits them. Hungary, by contrast, has consistently observed international law throughout, he added.

Mr Kovács reiterated János Lázár’s words spoken at this year’s first Governmentinfo press conference. The Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said that illegal migration can be controlled as long as the fence is in place at the border of Hungary. The Minister further pointed out that without the fence, events similar to the Cologne incidents could also have taken place in Hungary.

(MTI)