[1/5] A view shows migrants in front of the migrants camp in Velky Krtis, near the Hungary-Slovak border, Slovakia, September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa Acquire Licensing RightsSept 6 (Reuters) - Slovakia will assign up to 500 soldiers to help police control an increasing flow of migrants coming across the border from Hungary, Prime Minister Ludovit Odor said on Wednesday. Odor said it was impossible to seal the border with Hungary but the troops would help police register the migrants and also patrol towns in the border area. "I would like to assure citizens that we are still talking about transit migration," Odor said after a government meeting. The Interior Ministry said on Tuesday the number of detained illegal migrants has soared by ninefold, to more than 27,000 so far this year.

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Persons: Radovan Stoklasa, Jan Lopatka, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, European Union, Interior, Thomson Locations: Velky Krtis, Hungary, Slovak, Slovakia, Syria, Hungarian, Serbian, Germany, Western Europe, Velky, Prague