Hungary to set up independent border control force

It is high time Hungary set up an idependent force to control its borders, the group leader of ruling Fidesz said on Saturday, in connection with an armed clash between migrant groups in Serbia earlier in the day.

Máté Kocsis said that the conflict, outside Subotica (Szabadka) had claimed lives. Kocsis noted that over 100,000 migrants had attempted to cross into Hungary illegally since the beginning of this year, and said that the police and soldiers currently controlling the border would also be needed at the Ukraine-Hungary border.

Police: Over 13,000 refugees arrive from Ukraine on Friday

Fully 6,839 people crossed into Hungary directly from Ukraine on Friday, while another 6,252 from Ukraine crossed from Romania, the national police headquarters (ORFK) said. Police issued temporary residence permits valid for thirty days to 358 people, ORFK told MTI on Saturday.

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Holders of such permits must contact a local immigration office near their place of residence within thirty days to apply for permanent documents, it added. Budapest police received 62 refugees, 20 children among them, arriving by train, ORFK said.