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Slovakia to send another group of police officers to Hungary for migration crisis

Xinhua, July 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

Another group of 25 Slovak police officers will leave for Hungary on Monday to help the country safeguard its border with Serbia. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced it on Friday.

"The cooperation between secret services and police forces is the most effective tool for preventing further attacks, " stressed Fico, adding that Slovakia hasn't accepted any migrants.

He mentioned that all his previous statements on the migration issue were appropriate, as was the lawsuit against mandatory quotas filed by Slovakia at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban asked Slovakia and the other Visegrad Four countries (the Czech Republic and Poland) for help at a summit in Warsaw last week.

Meanwhile, the Czech Republic has already decided to dispatch police officers to Hungary and to extend its mission in Macedonia. Poland has also pledged to send a contingent to Hungary.

Slovakia has in the past sent its officers to Macedonia, Hungary and Slovenia to help deal with the migration crisis. Fifty police officers on two tours of duty served in Hungary last year, while another 20 were deployed to Slovenia in November and 25 were sent to Macedonia in February this year. Endit