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By Krisztina Than KUBEKHAZA, Hungary/RABE, Serbia (Reuters) - Portraying Hungary as a border fortress against illegal migration into Europe is a central theme of Prime Minister Viktor Orban s close-fought campaign for re-election on April 3, but Hungary s borders still appear increasingly porous. France was overwhelmed by migrants, said Orban in a recent speech, while Italy s border was as leaky as a pasta strainer - rhetoric seen as a voter-winner in his ruling Fidesz party s rural and conservative strongholds. Data, however, suggests that thousands of migrants successfully cross Hungary s southern borders with Serbia and Romania, part of which is fenced off and heavily guarded, then travel across the country to western Europe. The number of illegal migrants intercepted in neighbouring Austria almost doubled to about 40,000 last year from 21,641 in 2020, with most arriving via Hungary, according to a spokesman at the Austrian interior ministry. Frontex, the European Union s migration
Portraying Hungary as a border fortress against illegal migration into Europe is a central theme of Prime Minister Viktor Orban s close-fought campaign for re-election on April 3, but Hungary s.
KUBEKHAZA, Hungary/RABE, Serbia (Reuters) - Portraying Hungary as a border fortress against illegal migration into Europe is a central theme of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's close-fought campaign for re-election on April 3, but Hungary's borders still appear increasingly porous.