Minister of Justice László Trócsányi told Serbia’s Pannon RTV on Monday that Hungary has no better solution than building a temporary border barrier along her southern border with Serbia “to stop 1,500–1,600 illegal migrants arriving daily”.

Minister Trócsányi said that migrants, arriving in a “professionally organised way”, would choose alternative routes once the fence is completed. “We cannot stop them, but we want them to avoid this area,” he said.

The minister stated that earlier international conventions relating to the status of refugees, which aimed to assist asylum seekers from the former Communist Bloc, “cannot handle the current exodus, when millions leave a continent”.

Minister Trócsányi also said that the majority of Hungarian voters support the construction of the temporary border barrier and “think that the border should only be crossed at designated entry points”.

(Ministry of Justice)