Interior Minister critical about illegal migrants

Boarding a vessel must not be an entrance ticket into Europe for illegal migrants, said Interior Minister Denisa Saková at an informal meeting of EU interior ministers held in Innsbruck, Austria, on Thursday. Saková praised the fact that EU leaders were shifting their attention from addressing consequences to the causes of illegal migrants' arrival in Europe. She said that the causes of illegal migration should be addressed already in the countries which illegal migrants come from. She asked the interior ministers of the remaining 26 EU countries which third country would be willing to cooperate in this concept with the EU. The Slovak minister said that she saw the Frontex agency's role chiefly in the protection of the EU's external border. Saková also called for an increase in the Frontex agency's capacities, adding the agency might meet new roles as well, for example in third countries or in returning illegal migrants.