A Hungarian woman cannot bring home the remains of her brother from Malta

The paradise of Malta turned to hell for the Lengyel family. Pál Lengyel lived on the island for years but died in a motorcycle accident on August 23. Now, his sister cannot bring his remains to Hungary because of bureaucratic problems due to the coronavirus epidemic.

According to 24, Pál Lengyel was an experienced motorcyclist who lived in Malta for years. However, on August 23, he took a wrong turn on one of Malta’s most beautiful highways and crashed into the guard rail. He did not survive the clash, and his sister, Ildikó,

travelled to the island the moment she heard the sad news.

After the identification of her brother’s corpse, she organised the transportation to Hungary. The cost was high, reaching EUR 4,000 because there was no direct flight to Hungary, only through London. However, authorities cancelled the flight because of the growing number of infections, so the corpse remained in Malta.

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Ildikó asked for the help of the Hungarian consul in Valletta, but he was on holiday. Therefore, she turned to the embassy in Rome, but they told her they had not had an issue like that for years, and apart from a document allowing the transportation of the body to Hungary, they do not know what to do. Ildikó asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well,

but they said they could nor help either.

The friends of Mr Lengyel already inaugurated a memorial tablet for him in Malta, but his corpse is still in the country. They do not have too much time since, unfortunately, the body can remain in the country for only 30 days, and after that, it has to be either transported or buried in a local cemetery at the expense of the family.

Source: RTL Klub, 24.hu