Ukrainian children’s folk dance group threatened by Hungarian border guards?
Change language:
The Ukrainian press wrote about an incident that allegedly happened to a Ukrainian children’s folk dance group. The group was headed to Bosnia and Herzegovina to participate in an international competition. However, the Hungarian border guards did not welcome them so warmly.
As Index reported, the Ukrainian “Vitaminchiki” folk dance group wanted to cross the border at the Beregsurány–Astei border crossing. There wasn’t any issue at the Ukrainian checkpoint. However, things didn’t go that smoothly with the Hungarian border guards. According to the leader of the dance group, the Hungarian border guards were searching through all the bags and after finding a medical tourniquet in the aid package, the children were turned back to Ukraine.
Folk dance group threatened by gun
The leader of the folk-dance group, Oleh Melnyk, has posted on Facebook that he and the children got out of the vehicle. They have started singing the Ukrainian hymn while holding the Ukrainian flag. According to Oleh Melnyk, the Hungarian border guards ripped the mobile phone from his hand and put it on a barrel while demanding that they put down the Ukrainian flag. The leader of the group also added that he was asking for an interpreter, as none of the guards spoke English. He stressed that the children were heroes. Melnyk wrote the following in his Facebook post:
Hard to believe that Hungarian border guards would threaten children with machine guns. Hungarians as a rule are very kind to all children.
Ah Ukrainian victim card ! I don’t think any international law tells when you are controlled by the borders guard, instead to comply with the guard control you have the right to stat to sing your anthem and waving your flag. Ukrainians citizen think they just have to play they victim card and they have superior right than others folks or have to be treated like hero
Love Hungary! It is very hard to believe that Hungarian police will be aggressive without any good reasons..