Hungary may as well abolish its border force if it succumbs to demands from Brussels to accept migrant quotas, as the country’s security will have been voluntarily compromised, the government’s leading security adviser said on Wednesday.
Commenting on the ongoing legal dispute between Budapest and the European Commission, György Bakondi, the Hungarian prime minister’s chief adviser on internal security, warned the country would be full of unvetted migrants if Viktor Orbán’s administration adhered to the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) recent decision to fine Hungary for non-compliance of the EU’s agreed upon migrant relocation scheme.
“What’s the point of border guards if migrants should be transported to refugee camps? Furthermore, 25 percent of refugee applications submitted in the European Union should be assessed in Hungary, which would lead to the formation of migrant ghettos,” said György Bakondi.
He told Hungarian public television that illegal immigrants who are often entering Europe armed with weapons pose a great danger to national security and reiterated Budapest’s intention to defy orders from Brussels.
“Some immigrants are also equipped with knives or firearms, which also shows that illegal migration poses a threat to the security of the country concerned,” he said.
The Hungarian adviser confirmed that Hungary would file a counter-claim against the European Commission for the reimbursement of HUF 800 billion (€2 billion) spent by Budapest on manning the EU’s external border with Serbia with little assistance from Brussels — a story broken by Remix News on Friday.
The Hungarian government has remained strong while facing a wave of criticism from liberal politicians in Brussels regarding its migration policy.
Last month, Gergely Gulyás, the minister for the Hungarian prime minister’s office, threatened to bus illegal immigrants to the heart of the de facto EU capital if the European Commission continues its legal assault on the country.
“If Brussels wants migrants, they will get them. We will provide them with one-way tickets,” Gulyás told a press conference, sparking outrage within left-wing political circles.
