Hungary, Bulgaria look to Israel for anti-migrant fences

3 September 2015, 7:29 pm

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Hungary and Bulgaria are both looking into buying Israeli-designed fences to erect along their borders as they attempt to stem the flow of refugees and migrants from Syria and elsewhere, Reuters reports.

The fences would be similar to one recently constructed along Israel’s border with Egypt to keep African migrants out of the country.

The newly erected border fence between Israel and Egypt is credited with dramatically reducing the number of African migrants who enter the country illegally from the Sinai Peninsula. January 02, 2012. (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90) — The newly erected border fence between Israel and Egypt, January 2012 (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

“I cannot give you any details right now, but I think that we have taken from the Israeli experiences as much as we can,” Bulgaria’s deputy ambassador in Israel Rayko Pepelanov tells the news agency.

Hungary’s foreign affairs and trade ministry says it “does not dispose of information about ongoing Israeli-Hungarian negotiations on buying Israeli-designed border fences,” according to Reuters.