Joint Slovak-Hungarian police patrols to nab migrants on trains

Slovakia offered Hungary cooperation in forming joint police patrols with respect to the influx of illegal migrants, informed Police Corps Presidium spokesperson Denisa Baloghová on Wednesday. Numerous EU states face a growing number of illegal migrants coming to Europe through the Mediterranean Sea in the wake of the current migration crisis. "As an EU state and Slovakia's southern neighbour, Hungary is extremely burdened with the migration movements in question despite the fact that Hungary is only a transit country, with illegal migrants declaring an interest to continue in their journey, mostly to Germany", said Baloghová. Slovakia offered Budapest help in suppressing illegal migration on trains that service lines between Hungary and Slovakia and continue via the Czech Republic to Germany which led to border cooperation between the two countries. The first deployment of a joint Slovak-Hungarian police patrol occurred on August 13, 2015, on an international express train. Three other patrols have been deployed since then and a total of 71 foreigners were apprehended and subsequently given to relevant Hungarian police bodies, informs the Police Corps Presidium spokesperson Baloghová.