Radicals propose seizing illegal entrants’ assets

Toroczkai, who is mayor of Asotthalom, near the Hungary-Serbia border, insisted that the migrants recently apprehended were “nearly all young, strong men with large sums in their pockets”. He added that “migrants pay people smugglers many thousands of euros to help them to Austria” and “people smuggling has become one of the most profitable businesses”.

Toroczkai also insisted that “migrants owe the Hungarian state this much” because “Hungarian taxpayers have spent a lot of money on protecting the country’s southern borders”. He argued that if Hungarian authorities could seize their money, migrants “would probably choose other routes or they would not come at all”.

The party leader also called on the government to “follow the example of Denmark” and “expel all asylum seekers from the country”.

Toroczkai said that the refugee status should only be granted in individual cases because “there is no war in neighbouring countries” and migrants from other countries “have already passed a safe country”.

Border police detain 35 illegal entrants in Romanian truck

Hungarian and Romanian border police apprehended 35 migrants trying to enter Hungary illegally, hiding in a truck, at Nagylak, in south-eastern Hungary, local police told MTI on Wednesday.

The migrants said they had come from Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Sri Lanka, Somalia, and Ethiopia.

Legal proceedings have been initiated against the migrants on charges of illegal entry, while the two Romanian truck drivers will face prosecution in Romania for people smuggling.