“9/11 will always be a day that represents humanity at its worst, and humanity at its best”, Colleen Bell, Ambassador of the United States to Hungary said. At the commemoration held outside the US Embassy, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér also delivered a speech.
Effective action can only be taken against illegal migration within the framework of international cooperation, the national police chief stressed on Friday in Budapest.
On 1 September 2016 the police began a recruitment drive for its border patrol action units. More than 2000 people requested and received information on applying from the National Police Headquarters’ National Recruitment Centre.
Both the national security services and the agencies authorised by law to engage in similar activities in Hungary perform their duties flawlessly, in full compliance with the Hungarian laws and regulations.
A total of fifty Czech police officers arrived in Budapest in Monday; the contingent will be involved in protecting Hungary’s southern border within the framework of Visegrád Group (V4 – Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic) border security cooperation.
In Budapest, Commander of the Operational Police János Balogh has announced that another police contingent will travel to Macedonia to support border protection efforts at the Macedonian-Greek border and to take action against illegal migration. At the Operational Police Headquarters in Budapest on Thursday Mr. Balogh greeted the contingent of 24 men and one woman.
The fourth Hungarian contingent has returned to Hungary from their one-month mission on the Macedonian-Greek border.
Hungary continues to support Belgrade in the protection of the borders with a view to curbing illegal immigration, and is ready to help the Balkans country with information, personnel and legal advice not only on the Hungarian border section, but also on its joint border sections with Bulgaria and Macedonia, Interior Minister Sándor Pintér said in Hajdújárás in Vojvodina after he met with his Serbian counterpart Nebojsa Stefanovic.
Kakha Kakhishvili, Georgia’s Minister of Corrections and Probation is on a three-day official visit to Hungary between 8 and 10 August.
It is clearly demonstrable and can be stated as a fact that there is a connection between immigration and terrorism, the Minister of State of the Ministry of Interior said at his press conference.