Although the European Union continues to refuse to break with the migration policy it has been practicing so far, increasing numbers of countries are making statements on the need to do so, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister explained on Hungarian M1 television’s Tuesday evening current affairs program.

György Bakondi highlighted: “More and more countries are recognising the dangers of uncontrolled mass migration and the fact that, for instance, migration causes irreversible processes in European societies”.

“Thank to pressure from the public, increasing numbers of national governments have introduced significant changes to their migration policies”, the Chief Security Advisor said, citing as an example the statement by the Austrian Minister of interior.

In an interview for German daily Bild, Austrian Minister of Interior Wolfgang Sobotka said that overcoming the migration crisis requires the closure of the Mediterranean migration route, meaning we must put an end to people smuggling from North Africa.

Mr. Bakondi also reacted to the fact that the UN had expressed its support for the resolution by EU foreign ministers calling for restrictions on the export of rubber dinghies and outboard motors to Libya to aid the fight against people smuggling. The Chief Security Advisor said the fight against people smuggling was important, but added that more determined law enforcement measures were required to protect Europe’s external borders.

(Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister/MTI)