Under the Dublin Regulation, a European Union law, Hungary is responsible for taking back asylumseekers who first entered the EU through it and who are turned back from other member states.

Up until June 22 this year, Hungarian police detained 60,620 illegal immigrants, including 60,089 along the Serbian section of the border, the ministry said, adding that the situation calls for rapid action, forcing Hungary to take measures before the EU makes decisions. In the spirit of EU solidarity, Hungary has asked the member states of the Dublin system not to launch the scheduled refugee transfers and not to schedule further ones.

The Hungarian authorities are working to expand the capacities, an effort that requires time, it said.

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More about Dublin II regulation: http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/justice_freedom_security/free_movement_of_persons_asylum_immigration/l33153_en.htm