Slovakia will deploy significant forces on its border with Hungary to combat illegal immigration, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and his Interior Minister Matus Sutai Estok announced on Monday, TASR and Reuters reported, citing Agerpres. These forces will be deployed directly from Monday evening.

Two Slovak officials drew attention to the situation in the Gaza Strip and possible security threats.

“People should live more peacefully and safely, taking into account what is happening in the world,” the prime minister emphasized.

“If it is not kept under control, illegal migration can lead to the arrival here of suspected persons with links to terrorist structures,” Fizo warned, adding that he welcomed the fact that the Ministry of the Interior had made regulation of migration one of its priorities. . .

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Armed Forces of Slovakia will deploy “relatively large equipment and troops” along the entire green border with Hungary, the Prime Minister of Slovakia also explained.

For his part, Minister Sutaj Estok insisted he was planning a “major” deployment of personnel and technical support to protect that border, saying “the situation in the world is extremely serious.”