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But first Hungary has defended its decision to close the main international railway station in the capital Budapest, to migrants seeking to travel on to other European countries like Germany and Austria. So why did they do it? The BBC's Julian Marshall spoke to Zoltán Kovács, a Hungarian government spokesman.
"Under EU protocols rules and law, it is impossible for illegal migrants to leave freely within the European Union without valid documentation, so what we are trying to enforce is law and order, and that is to keep the European regulations. So it is not enough to have a train ticket to be able to leave to Austria and Germany, especially if the procedure with you illegally crossing the border and looking for asylum has already started in Hungary."
"And you have done this, have you as a Hungarian government initiative or at the request of Austria and Germany?"
"Hungary, almost alone, is trying to enforce EU law, though it's almost insufficient but at least there is some kind of regulation and we are being criticised for that." |