the countries of the European Union, bordering with Turkey and strengthening its borders under the threat of influx of illegal migrants on Saturday joined in Hungary. Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that his country will enhance the protection of the southern border after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told him that Turkey can no longer stem the flow of refugees from Syria.
"this morning during a phone call on migration and the current military situation in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Prime Minister Orban that Turkey is under tremendous pressure and that they can no longer stem the flow of migrants", - reported the press service of Hungarian government.
Orban called a meeting of his security Cabinet, which agreed that "Hungary should strengthen the protection of its borders and pay special attention to the events on the way of migration in the Balkans".
Syrian refugees headed to the European borders on Friday after there were unofficial reports in the Turkish media about the fact that the borders of EU are open for migrants in response to the escalation of the war in Syria, where 33 Turkish soldiers were killed by Russian-backed Syrian government troops.
the EU has said that Ankara has not officially announced any changes in policy at the border.
One of the loudest opponents of Muslim immigration to Europe, Orban stayed for a third term in office in 2018. During the peak of the migration crisis in 2015, it actually closed with a fence the southern border of Hungary. Hungary was a transit route for hundreds of thousands of migrants heading through the Balkans to Western Europe.
