Pál Völner, parliamentary state secretary for justice, said in an interview to the daily Magyar Idők that given the spread of terrorist attacks in western Europe, Hungarian law enforcement must be ready to catch terrorist suspects from the EU.

The link between migration and terrorism has now been conceded by those who once strenuously denied any such link, he insisted.

The Hungarian government over the past two to three years has warned that migration endangers EU public security, “and that is why we cannot accept the mandatory settlement quota of migrants,” Völner added.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.