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Some 1,000 Migrants in Border Area with Hungary, Croatia and Romania

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Archive / News | 29.01.20 | access_time 12:52

Migrants (Beta/Sasa Djordjevic)

Asylum Protection Center director Rados Djurovic said on Jan. 29, referring to an attempt by a group of migrants to force their way into Hungary, that, “This is nothing new, it shows how desperate those people, who are frequently returned to Serbia by force, are.”

“Judging by the conditions on the ground, there is a large number of people, over 1,000, in the border area with Hungary, Croatia and Romania, mostly along the Tisa River, who are constantly trying to reach the West. Hungary has announced that only in January there were over 3,400 attempts to illegally enter that country.” Djurovic said.

The incident Djurovic referred to was a Jan. 28 attempt by some 60 migrants to enter Hungary by force close to the Horgos/Roszke border crossing and through the fence that country had erected along the border with Serbia, to which Hungarian police responded by firing warning shots.

“A thin line is dividing the use of force and weapons, the fence that gives electrical shocks and the use of weapons against migrants. In violation of a readmission agreement, such people are constantly pushed back into our country, outside the border crossings and without informing our police. The situation is very serious and it places our country in a very difficult position,” Djurovic added.

He also said that some 6,000 migrants are estimated to be in the country, and that the number of new arrivals is the same as in the previous year.

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