A great many countries in Europe would gladly change places with Hungary today, and a great many countries would like to be among the states which recognised the nature and extent of the threat of illegal migration in good time, Mr Orbán responded to the Slovenian Prime Minister’s announcement that, if necessary, Slovenia will erect a “technical obstacle” also incorporating a wire fence on its common border with Croatia in the next few days in order to curb the flood of migrants. This was the Hungarian Prime Minister’s answer to a journalist’s question at the press conference held within the framework of the Modern Cities Programme.
 
A great many countries would like to have security systems in place which permit that only those are allowed to enter the territory of the country who are otherwise entitled to do so from a legal point of view, the Prime Minister said. Mr Orbán highlighted that the migrant problem causes a great deal of suffering and governmental troubles in several countries in the Balkans, and Hungary on its part provides all possible assistance for every good neighbour “who does not begin by kicking us, insulting us and attacking us, but expresses its willingness to cooperate with us”.
 
Slovenia is a country with which we gladly cooperate, the Prime Minister underlined. He added that the Slovenians “have never given us any trouble”; they have not attacked and have not criticised the correct measures Hungary has taken in its economic policy or in the interest of its security.
 
The least we can do is that we, too, support their measures, Mr Orbán said.
 

MTI, kormany.hu, Photo: Károly Árvai