Schengen ministers meet in south Hungary

Budapest, May 12 (MTI) – Representatives of countries in the European Union’s Schengen regime gathered in southern Hungary’s Szeged on Thursday, for a forum with issues around migration in its focus.

The delegations from Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Slovakia, Norway and Romania were informed by the Hungarian police about local measures to stem illegal immigration, about migration tendencies and routes, as well as about related international cooperation.

Representatives of the Hungarian armed forces then showed the conference the technical equipment used in controlling the country’s borders.

József Seres, head of the regional immigration office, said his office had received a total 3,600 applications from asylum seekers since the beginning of the year.

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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters