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Hungary is optimistic that the new European Parliament and European Commission will reevaluate the package about migration after the EP elections, stated the Prime Minister’s Chief Advisor on Homeland Security during an interview on TV2’s morning program, Mokka.
György Bakondi highlighted the recent decision by the EP’s LIBE committee to adopt the migration pact, stating that it marks another step in a process initiated in 2015. He emphasized the grave consequences of the massive influx of predominantly unidentified individuals into the EU, including threats to public security, acts of terrorism, violence against women, antisemitic incidents, and the erosion of national identity, faith, religion, family, and cultural traditions.
Despite Hungary’s hopes that the EU would learn from past negative experiences and establish robust rules to safeguard external borders and ensure European security, Mr. Bakondi lamented the absence of such measures.
He criticized provisions in the legislation that mandate the distribution of illegal migrants based on quotas, imposing penalties on those unwilling to accept them and potentially obliging countries to accept migrants without a ceiling during crises.
Mr. Bakondi expressed concerns about the legislation’s failure to consider individual Member States’ interests, particularly regarding the uniform provision of care to migrants across all countries. He warned that this approach would not resolve the issue but perpetuate failure.
Regarding migration routes, he noted increased migration to destinations such as the Spanish and Italian islands, as well as the diversion of migration flows towards Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Austria, and Romania due to strengthened border controls along the Serbian, Hungarian, and Austrian borders.
Bakondi also stressed Hungary’s significant investment of HUF 650B (EUR 1.6B) in border surveillance over the past eight years, emphasizing the importance of protecting the EU’s external borders as a shared European interest.
In conclusion, Hungary anticipates that the new European Parliament will not only revisit the migration package, but also address the equitable distribution of responsibilities for guarding external borders, underscoring the urgency of addressing migration challenges at the European level.
Via MTI; Featured Image: Pixabay