Hungary asks EU to help pay for anti-migrant border fences

Hungary's prime minister has asked the European Union to pay for half of the cost of anti-migrant fences it built on its southern borders, some €440m.

Hungary asks EU to help pay for anti-migrant border fences
Fri, 01 Sep, 2017 - 10:45

Hungary's prime minister has asked the European Union to pay for half of the cost of anti-migrant fences it built on its southern borders, some €440m.

In a letter dated Thursday to EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the fences erected in 2015 protect not just Hungary "but entire Europe against the flood of illegal migrants".

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