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It is dangerous for Hungary that the first statement of the new head of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) was not about protecting the borders, but about the involvement of NGOs, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Interior warns.
According to Bence Rétvári, the task of a border protection officer is to protect the borders: he says that the border is here, those who do not have a passport or visa are not allowed to enter the territory of the EU. In comparison, the new head of Frontex, Hans Leijtens, is the opposite when he talks about legal assistance and support for border crossing instead of turning (illegal crossers) back,” he added. Bence Rétvári called this unsustainable, saying it would allow anyone to enter the EU territory freely.
He also said that Central European countries have a long-standing problem with the fact that the leaders of EU institutions are not elected proportionally from the western and eastern parts of the EU, to the detriment of the eastern countries.
He pointed out that border protection is mainly a concern for countries with land borders with non-EU countries, such as Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary and Romania, whose border protection efforts will not be understood by a Dutch leader.
Photo: Facebook Rétvári Bence
Bence Rétvári also spoke on television and radio about the ineffectiveness of expulsions, which the European Commission already acknowledges in its own presentations. He gave the example of Sweden, where between 50 and 100 thousand people who have not been granted a residence permit in the last five years and should have left Sweden, but have not done so and have “disappeared”.
Via MTI, Featured Image: Facebook Frontex