Prime Minister Robert Fico did not immediately provide further details but said illegal migration must be controlled or else people linked to “terrorist” groups could enter the country.
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00:00 The new Slovak government announced the deployment of police and armed forces on Monday along
00:06 the border with Hungary to prevent growing numbers of migrants entering the country.
00:11 Prime Minister Robert Fico didn't immediately give further details, but said illegal migration
00:15 must be controlled or else people linked to terrorist groups could enter the country.
00:19 (In Slovak)
00:20 "Ladies and gentlemen, if we compare it, in these 10 months, in 2023, 46,000 illegal
00:28 migrants have entered the country.
00:30 They came as a tourist.
00:32 No one was waiting for them at the border, they didn't control them, they crossed the
00:36 border crossings, they were trapped in the nearest police station, they were issued a
00:41 document, a law, and then they either moved around the territory of Slovakia or..."
00:47 Fico, who spoke after meeting Interior Minister Matas Sutaj-Estok, said the deployment would
00:53 start immediately and he would personally inspect the situation at the border.
01:02 His new government was sworn in last Wednesday.
01:05 (whooshing)
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