Up to 150 migrants damage southern border fence on daily basis

Budapest, May 30 (MTI) – About 100-150 migrants attempt to enter Hungary each day by damaging the fence along the border with Serbia and another 700-900 are thwarted in their attempt by the presence of border guards, the prime minister’s chief domestic security advisor said on Monday.

There are currently 200-250 migrants stranded just outside the transit zones at the Röszke and Tompa crossing points on the Serbian side of the border, György Bakondi told public Kossuth radio.

Last week’s evacuation of the Idomeni refugee camp on the Greek-Macedonian border has increased the migration pressure on the Hungarian-Serbian border, he said.

In response to the UNCHR’s Serbian head of mission urging Serbian and Hungarian authorities to improve the rather poor conditions of migrants in the Horgos-Roszke border zone, Bakondi said that the government has decided to provide additional funding to Hungarian charities working there.

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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters