As thousands of migrants enter the two states from the Middle East and North Africa, leaders from both countries have contacted Jerusalem for information on constructing a border fence, Reuters and Israel Radio reported.
However, an Israeli official told Reuters that Bulgaria and Hungary would both need EU approval for such a move, which they would be unlikely to receive.
“(European countries) all want solutions and see the relevance of our technologies,” a source told Reuters.“But they also need EU support and this has not been forthcoming.”
Bulgarian and Hungarian officials did not deny the report.
“I presume that such is the case because the cooperation between the (Israeli and Bulgarian) ministries of internal affairs and security is quite intensive,” Bulgaria’s deputy ambassador in Israel Rayko Pepelanov told Reuters.
Israel dramatically upgraded its fencing along 245 miles of the border with Egypt, mainly between 2011 and 2013, to deter a growing flow of illegal migrants from Africa. Illegal migrants were crossing at a rate of several thousand a month, and the new fence reduced that to a trickle.
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3 comments:
I wonder if Ronald Reagan would have said, " Netanyahu, tear down this fence?"
So Bulgaria and Hungary need the "approval" of their EU overlords, merely to ask Israel for their advice on building a border fence?
That's just as incredible, as Texas and Arizona having to ask Congress for permission to ask Israel how to build an effective border fence.
I'm beginning to understand the growing support for the UKIP.
America needs to build a fence starting with the Southern borders. Also the U.S. Coast Guard needs to be beefed up and let U.S. Customs and Border Patrol/ICE do their F*n jobs.
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