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title: "Slovakia extends border controls with Hungary until Dec 23"
url: https://radiomoldova.md/p/25397/slovakia-extends-border-controls-with-hungary-until-dec-23
published: 2023-11-20T18:00:00Z
language: en
section: "International"
source: radiomoldova.md
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# Slovakia extends border controls with Hungary until Dec 23

> Slovakia's government on Monday approved keeping temporary controls on its border with Hungary until Dec. 23 as it seeks to prevent a renewed spike in illegal migration, Reuters reports.

Slovakia's government on Monday approved keeping temporary controls on its border with Hungary until Dec. 23 as it seeks to prevent a renewed spike in illegal migration, Reuters reports.

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

Slovakia saw a more than 500% year-on-year increase in the number of illegal migrants detained between the start of 2023 and Nov. 12, according to a statement accompanying the measure that was approved by the government on Monday.