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Hungary to boost border protection

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Refugees use a boat to try to cross the Meric River to by pass the Greek border and try to enter Europe, in Edirne, Turkey, 29 February 2020. The Turkish government announced its decision to no longer stop refugees from reaching Europe, after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in Idlib, Syria on 27 February. EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN

Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Hungary would strengthen the protection of the southern border after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan informed him in that Turkey could no longer hold back the flow of migrants.

“During a phone call earlier today on migration and the current war situation in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan informed PM Orban that there is enormous pressure on Turkey and that they can no longer hold back the flow of migrants,” the government’s press office said in a statement late on Friday.

Orban convened a meeting of his security cabinet which decided that “Hungary must strengthen the protection of its borders and pay special attention to developments on the Balkan migration route.”

Refugees in Turkey headed towards European frontiers on Friday after an official said the borders had been thrown open, a response to the escalating war in Syria where 33 Turkish soldiers were killed by Russian-backed Syrian government troops.

The EU said that Ankara had made no formal announcement of any change in policy at the border.

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