Budapest municipality arranges accommodation for 2,000 Ukrainian refugees
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The Municipality of Budapest has so far arranged for the accommodation of 2,000 refugees coming from Ukraine and distributed some 25,000 portions of food to those in need, Deputy Mayor Ambrus Kiss said on Tuesday.
At Budapest railway stations as many refugees have chosen to travel on as the number of those arriving in Hungary from Ukraine over the past days which indicates an easing of pressure, he told an informal roundtable discussion in Budapest.
The first group of refugees are families coming from Ukrainian cities who would typically spend a couple of days in Budapest before travelling on to another country.
They need help mostly in finding accommodation in Budapest, said Kiss.
The second group is students coming from third countries studying in Ukraine.
Some of them spend only a few nights in Budapest before travelling back to their home countries with the assistance of their embassies. The others will spend a longer period of time with the option to get accepted at a Hungarian university.