Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Viktor Orbán (Hungarian: Orbán Viktor), the current prime minister of Hungary, today called on the European Union to finance the construction of fences along the bloc's external border, Reuters reported.

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The agency notes that this revives the long-considered unacceptable idea ahead of a summit of EU leaders to discuss curbing illegal migration.

There are serious disagreements between EU countries about sharing the costs of caring for refugees on their territory.

For years, the bloc has focused its attention on strengthening its external borders to prevent refugees from arriving via unofficial - and often dangerous - routes.

Countries such as Poland, Hungary and Slovenia have erected border fences to keep out refugees and migrants, although the European Commission, which is responsible for the bloc's overall budget, has so far refused to pay for such fences, saying it would run counter to liberal democratic values. and human rights.

Ahead of an EU summit on curbing illegal migration with his counterparts from Poland, Belgium, Finland, Malta and Bulgaria, Orbán called on the bloc to fund such projects.

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The Hungarian prime minister said "fences protect the whole of Europe," his spokesman was quoted as saying by Hungarian news agency MTI.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen previously refused funding for "barbed wire fences or walls", although Brussels has proposed funding for physical border infrastructure such as surveillance equipment, Reuters noted, quoted by BTA.

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