“The more robust – technically and legally – the EU external border becomes, the less pressure on this border will be,” said Karner following the talks in Szeged.
Exchange of data
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said she had agreed with her counterparts to exchange data on irregular migration. “I suggested that regular meetings of the border authorities be held for joint monitoring of the migration situation,” she said in Szeged. The proposal was accepted by the other participants in the ministerial round.
It is agreed with Hungary that distributing those entitled to asylum among EU countries is currently “unthinkable,” said Karner. He described the EU asylum compromise as an “important step in the right direction, especially the planned fast-track procedures at the EU’s external borders.” At the police level, it was agreed to exchange ideas more intensively in the future in order to “put a stop to the big people behind this” in the area of smuggling crime.
For Czech Interior Minister Vít Rakusan, border controls in the Schengen area are currently necessary. The real challenge is the EU’s external border.
