Hungary has slashed illegal immigration by over 99 per cent after rolling out a series of powerful border fences in response to the European migrant crisis, possibly providing a lesson as to the potential impact of constructing President Trump’s much-discussed southern wall in the U.S.
Speaking on the second anniversary of the government’s move to seal Hungary’s border with Serbia — which is also an external border for the European Union — Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Chief Security Advisor, György Bakondi, announced that the fences have caused illegal immigration to collapse from 391,000 in 2015, to 18,236 in 2016, to just 1,184 in 2017.
“The system of technical barriers is the key to the success of border security, and without it, it would be impossible to stop the mass arrival of immigrants”, the security chief explained.
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Hungary had to respond rapidly to the migrant influx which burst upon Europe after Germany’s Angela Merkel announced there was “no limit” on the number of asylum seekers her own country would accept, so its frontiers are defended by twin fences peppered with watchtowers and patrolled by thousands of newly recruited border guards rather than a solid wall — which would have taken longer to construct.
Nevertheless, as it has been steadily reinforced illegal migration has slowed to a trickle — drawing the ire of open borders activists like billionaire financier George Soros and globalist officials at the European Union and the United Nations.
For example, UN Refugee Agency chief Filippo Grandi visited the border and complained: “When I was standing at the border fence today, I felt the entire system is designed to keep people, many of whom are fleeing war and persecution, out of the country”.
Grandi also called on Hungary to get rid of the border-spanning transit zones it has established, which allow all asylum seekers entering the country to be detained while the validity of their claims are assessed.
The Hungarians introduced these zones after it was discovered that many of the Paris 2015 terrorists had passed through their territory — a step-change from other EU member-states, which leave migrants more or less at large, with sometimes deadly consequences, in obedience to EU law.
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“There is continuous migration pressure on our borders,” insisted Dr Zoltán Kovács, the Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Relations.
“The measures introduced in the interests of protecting the border continue to be necessary; it is thanks to these that the number of migrants entering Hungary illegally and in an uncontrolled manner has fallen drastically.”
“People who attack the fence are taking a stand in favour of allowing large numbers of people to enter the country without any form of control,” added Mr. Bakondi.
Hungary is unified in wanting to remain Hungarian and prevent being absorbed into a larger Islamic system as migrants come in and take over.
That’s why the border wall works there, the people are behind it.
The United States is not and it’s peoples are set against one another on the issue which is the problem in making it work here,
the people elected trump and his party–by staying in the party which he leads,other republicans are saying that they agree w/trump—
if the wall does not get built,the republicans deserve to be cast upon the dustbin of history–
personally,i am ambivalent about the wall but by nominating trump and him pushing for the wall,they have made a promise that is important to many people,ala read my lips–
Hungary must not have a Deep State.
America’s division about allowing more illegal immigration (which much of the country wants) doesn’t make the wall unworkable – it makes it difficult – perhaps impossible- to obtain. If it could be built – despite the howls of its opponents- it would largely work, as the minimal fencing that’s already been installed has been working where it’s been built.
Imagine what the walls of today will reap in the future.
Viktor Orban – one of my heroes.
One would think with the amount of money the US spends on drug interdiction and other surveillance measures, they could stop illegal immigration at the border. Just enforce existing laws. And for God’s sake, end the refuge program resettling mostly muslims who don’t share our values or culture, and have no respect for them. The last thing we need is an escalation of violence and rape committed by illegals as we see in the EU and here in the US by both refugees and illegals, yes, even dreamers.
The key thing is what you wrote “enforce the law”. All those countries in Europe that allow the low savage IQs to overrun their country, rape and murder, are BREAKING THE LAW. Every illegal immigrant that enters the US starts his/her relationship with his/her new country with a CRIME. Any discussions around what politicians and law enforcement ought to be doing are a waste of time, since we are a nation of laws. If people don’t like what the laws dictate, change them and then enforce the new laws. Until then enforce the laws. Being a nation of laws if one of the two most important pillars of a well functioning society that provides a safe and equal framework for everyone.
There is not going to be a wall. It is just a bullshit rhetorical issue to distract the citizen white people. I’ll believe it when I see it in place and buss loads of illegals going south through the gates. In the mean time ,Republicans and Trump shut the fuck up and get the damn job done.
Seeing a few CEO’s and Plant Managers and HR professional going to prison for knowingly employing illegals might renew my faith in the rule of law as well.
Orban is made of the same wood as Putin. they just take no shit
If there was a remain of divine justice in this world, Soros would be shot down.
Our country refuses to do what is right and logical now while it can still be done in a legal, civilized manner. This means it will be done later with violence and barbarism. It will be a ghastly repeat of the mass expulsions at the end of WW II, the Greek-Turkish war in 1921, with a healthy dose of Pol Pot. Lovely. Congratulations, liberal twits.
We should be so lucky. More likely we’ll just be absorbed into the Ummah.
Interesting to think in a century or so, present trends continued, the Hungary’s in Europe will vastly outpace the ‘diversity is strength’ losers and become dominate. Imagine how Poland will treat Germany once they take over. Hitler once denigrated the u.s. saying it got ‘negrifried’. Oh, the irony.
“When I was standing at the border fence today, I felt the entire system is designed to keep people, many of whom are fleeing war and persecution, out of the country”.
And what the fuck have you and the UN done to stop those wars and persecution?
Funny, the dude saying this wasn’t even from Hungary. He’s an Italian.
Every time one of these idiots starts blubbering about refugees, I want to toss them (and hell, why not include their families, too), naked, into Somalia for some fine cultural enrichment.
If you listen carefully to the Eastern European leaders you can tell many still believe in the Christianity of their fathers.They believe in classical Civilization.Many of them have families with children.They don’t want their country or Culture overrun by Muslims and I say …Thank Christ God in Heaven …there are still real men left in Europe.
I am going to look at this as a economic indicator,take your monies in flower shops/stores that sell teddy bears and candle shops and reinvest in western europe,you will make a KILLING!
Saudis have built state of the art wall as well
The difference is that the Saudi wall is used to line their citizens up for the firing squads or beheading squads. Who the fuck would try to sneak into that place?