Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico emphasizes the urgent need to tackle illegal migration into the European Union, citing the presence of five million undocumented migrants and the cultural challenges they pose.

The leaders of Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia on Tuesday affirmed their efforts to curb illegal migration into the European Union, adding that protecting the bloc's external borders was the best defence and more EU funds were needed.

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The fight against illegal migration into the European Union is an absolute priority, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Tuesday after meeting Hungarian and Serbian leaders at a summit. "Let's realise there are five million illegal migrants in the EU who have nothing to do there,