The Slovak opposition SMER-SSD party, which leads polls ahead of an election this month, called on the government on Wednesday to start border checks to halt an increasing flow of migrants crossing from Hungary to Western Europe.
Slovakia has seen a jump in the number of migrants, many from Afghanistan and Syria, crossing in recent months, and has been letting them through after registration.
"We want to remind the Slovak government that it has all options - legislative, technical and personnel - to revive border controls on the Slovak-Hungarian border," Fico told a news conference shown live on Facebook. The caretaker government has said it is impossible to seal the border with Hungary, which stretches over 650 km .to help police patrolling border areas and taken measures to register migrants quickly.
The Interior Ministry said last week the number of detained illegal migrants had soared ninefold from a year ago, to more than 27,000 so far this year.
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