Slovakia tightens controls on Hungary border as migrant arrivals rise

Migrants board a van after being detained by Slovakian police close to the Slovakia-Hungary border in the village of Chl'aba, Slovakia, September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/ File Photo

SKALITE, Slovakia (Reuters) -Slovakia moved on Wednesday to impose temporary controls on its border with Hungary over a rising number of illegal migrants, after Poland, the Czech Republic and Austria tightened their own frontiers with Slovakia.

Slovakia's prime minister criticised the "chain reaction" of controls imposed on Tuesday by neighbours and said a European fix to guard the European Union's external borders would be a better solution.