Slovakia to send 500 soldiers to Hungarian border

The Slovakian government led by Lajos Ódor adopted several measures to reduce the wave of refugees coming from Hungary. One of these is to send soldiers to the border.

The cabinet adopted measures to deal with the refugee crisis. Prime Minister Lajos Ódor said that the most important goal is people’s safety, 24.hu reports.

“We do not want to make any compromises on this issue. We want them to not only be safe, but to feel safe,”

Paraméter quotes Ódor as saying.

Lajos Ódor understands that it causes fear in some people when they see a large group of strangers in their surroundings, but he emphasized that the refugees have not committed any crimes so far. The government’s goal is to provide people with more thorough information. If this is lacking, fake news spreads, which some parties can exploit in the political struggle, he added.

500 soldiers at the Hungarian-Slovakian border

In the future, according to the needs, up to 500 soldiers will be able to help the police work. The prime minister justified this by saying that at the beginning of the summer, a few hundred refugees arrived every week, but now, a few thousand come weekly. The decision can free up police capacity, which can speed up the administration of refugees, since they don’t want to settle, they want to go on to Western countries.