Zsuzsanna Végh, the authority’s chief, said that the border violators in question did not have the required papers to travel within the Schengen area.

Most of the Kosovar nationals are being handled by the Immigration and Citizenship Office, since they had previously asked for asylum in Hungary.

Several of them also declared during police proceedings that they requested international protection from Hungary.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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