Slovakia extends Hungary border controls to Jan. 22

Slovakian police check a vehicle at the Slovakia-Hungary border in Sahy, Slovakia, as Slovakia officially imposed temporary controls on its border with Hungary due to a rising number of illegal migrants coming on the Balkans route, October 5, 2023. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

(Reuters) - Slovakia will keep temporary border controls with Hungary in place until Jan. 22, the government said on Wednesday, extending checks aimed at preventing a renewed spike in illegal immigration.

The central European country imposed the border controls on Oct. 5, following neighbours Poland, the Czech Republic and Austria, which had tightened their own frontiers with Slovakia.