In Szeged on 5 November 2015, Hungary's Minister of Justice László Trócsányi said that the ongoing migrant crisis has found Europe unprepared.

Addressing a conference on the impact of migration pressure on international aid, the minister said that the legal environment related to migration is “cracking”, partly because the regulations in question were passed in another situation, and the international and EU agreements were based on harmonisation.

Minister Trócsányi insisted that problems need to be tackled at their root, in which process international development policies can play an important role.

In this regard, the minister referred to the Stipendium Hungaricum programme, which has earmarked 18 million euros from next year’s central budget for receiving students from developing countries.

Serbia’s State Secretary of Justice Radomir Ilic said that the countries affected by migration should take collective and coordinated steps to tackle the situation.

Stefano Manservisi, Head of Cabinet at the European External Action Service, said that the EU, its Member States and the countries of origin should take joint action against people smugglers, and provide legal prospects for those wishing to leave their homeland.

(Ministry of Interior)