Explaining the reasons behind the decision, the Minister of Interior said that “we must learn the lessons from [the attacks in] Brussels, and it is clear to us that security measures must be enhanced”. The Ministry of Justice have received his ministry’s proposals, on the basis of which they will prepare the draft text, he said.
Following an assessment of the terrorist attacks committed in Brussels on Tuesday morning, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér has announced the introduction of a Level II terror alert.
At a conference of Hungarian local governments, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér said that Hungary’s borders are safe. Mayors attending the conference organised by the Association of Hungarian Cities with County Rank (MJVSZ) accepted a political statement against mandatory resettlement quotas.
“The Government has declared a nationwide state of emergency due to mass migration”, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér announced in Budapest on Wednesday.
In Budapest on Monday, Croatian and Hungarian interior ministers Vlaho Orepic and Sándor Pintér announced that three railway crossings between Croatia and Hungary – Murakeresztúr-Kotoriba (Kotor), Gyékényes-Koprivnica (Kapronca) and Magyarbóly-Beli Manastir (Pélmonostor) – will be reopened.
On Monday, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér – who says that the Hungarian border security fence continues to be effective – told Hungarian news agency MTI that a separate unit has been formed to repair the fence.
Hungarian Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér and his Serbian counterpart Nebojša Stefanović met in Röszke to discuss joint action to combat illegal immigration.
Director-General of the Office of Immigration and Nationality Zsuzsanna Végh said at a press conference that “last year was an extraordinary one; Hungary experienced unprecedented migration pressure”.
In an address given at a Saint Thomas Becket Memorial Day conference in Esztergom on Tuesday, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér said that what is at stake regarding the planned distribution of migrants across Europe is preservation of national sovereignty and sense of identity. “Only those may enter Hungary whom we want to enter”, he stressed.
On Thursday, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér told the Hungarian news agency MTI that the Counter-terrorism Centre (TEK) did an outstanding job on Sunday when it prevented a potential deliberate or accidental explosion from happening in densely-populated areas of the capital. Mr. Pintér said that “My trust in Brigadier General and Head of the Counter-terrorism Centre János Hajdú and his colleagues is undiminished”.