Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his speech at an inauguration ceremony for Hungary's first border hunter regiment in Budapest, Hungary on Sept. 9, 2022. The first border hunter regiment was inaugurated here on Friday. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

The first border hunter regiment was inaugurated in Budapest on Friday.

"Security begins at our borders, and Hungary's security begins with the border hunters," Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared at the ceremony of the establishment of the regiment.

In his speech, Orban said that millions arrived illegally from Africa and the Middle East to Europe, "flouting borders and laws." He stressed that a country without borders is like "an egg without shell," and assured that the Hungarian border protection system was working. "It resists even the highest waves of illegal migration."

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (front, L) inspects the members of Hungary's first border hunter regiment at the inauguration ceremony in Budapest, Hungary on Sept. 9, 2022. The first border hunter regiment was inaugurated here on Friday. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

More than 162,000 border violators have already been apprehended at the Hungarian border, compared to around 60,000 in the same period last year, and the number of people-smugglers doubled compared to the same period of the previous year, according to official data.

Migrants are trying to enter Hungary more and more violently and regularly, which leads to the setting of border hunting units.

The government on Tuesday extended the crisis situation caused by mass immigration until March 7, 2023.

Members of Hungary's first border hunter regiment march after they take their oath of office at an inauguration ceremony in Budapest, Hungary on Sept. 9, 2022. The first border hunter regiment was inaugurated here on Friday. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

 

Members of Hungary's first border hunter regiment attend the inauguration ceremony in Budapest, Hungary on Sept. 9, 2022. The first border hunter regiment was inaugurated here on Friday. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)