Based on the invitation of the Hungarian Immigration and Asylum Office (IAO), leaders of V4 Group Services dealing with migration and asylum held a meeting in Budapest on 29-30th March 2017. In this context they confirmed that further development of their cooperation, continuous information exchange, sharing their practices and experiences, and the coordinated task performance concerning particular agencies of the European Union, especially the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) are essential to overcome the present migration crisis and to enforce regional interests. On the margin of this meeting a workshop was organised for experts based on V4 interior ministers common statement on 21 November 2016 to create the Migration Crisis Management Mechanism.
The participants of the conference visited the Transit Zone in Röszke, where they were informed in detail about the Amendment of Certain Acts Relating to Strengthening the Procedure Conducted in Border Surveillance Areas (Act XX of 2017) entering into force on 28 March 2017, and they surveyed how the new procedure order is implemented.
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Leaders and experts participated in the conference spoke of the measures Hungary has adopted to restrain illegal migration in high terms emphasizing that these measures serve the interest of Schengen states. The professional gremium declared that the new regulations and their implementation are in harmony with the aims of the European Union and with the measures of numerous Member States to suppress mass migration.
The host of the upcoming meeting of the leaders of V4 immigration services will be Poland in early summer.
IAO
05.04.2017
