It has also confirmed its intention to construct a fence along the border with Libya, where it says many Tunisian extremists receive training.
One idea was to construct a fence along the four-mile length of the new road -- but the cost was deemed prohibitive.
That summer, Orbán's government began to construct a fence along Hungary's borders with Serbia and Croatia, essentially halting immigration to the country.
Nazli Avdan, an expert on migration at the University of Kansas, said: "Hungary's recent endeavours to quickly construct a fence across its border showcases that Europe has no concerted or coordinated plan in mind when coping with involuntary migration".
Or, if the grain farmer believed that constructing a fence would be more costly than the occasional damage done by straying cattle, he would reluctantly accept the odd incursion.
Hungary's ruling Fidesz party – led by Viktor Orbán, the populist prime minister – has taken a tough stance by constructing a fence along the country's border with Serbia, the entry point for the majority of refugees and migrants.
The government is constructing a fence along the Egypt-Israel border to deter migrants and asylum-seekers, and is building what will be the world's largest detention centre, capable of holding up to 11,000 people.
The Bush administration will deduct $289.5 million from loan guarantees to Israel to penalize it for building settlements in Palestinian territories and constructing a fence snaking through the West Bank, administration officials said yesterday.
Authorities in Berlin said on Thursday that such acts were now so commonplace, they were planning to construct a fence in front of the wall, saying that if they did not move to protect the structure, it would not survive to the end of the decade.
