More Immigrants Arriving In Hungary From Syria, Afghanistan
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
The number of illegal immigrants arriving in Hungary from Kosovo has dropped since the start of the year. At the same time, the number of illegal migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq remains high, the director of the national immigration and citizenship office said. In an unprecedented trend, more than 7,000 illegal immigrants have arrived from those three countries since the beginning of 2015, Zsuzsanna Végh told public radio.
The immigrants have fled from areas where security has seriously deteriorated, she said, adding that evaluating their applications is a more complex process than for Kosovar applicants.
Végh noted that as a result of international cooperation between authorities, the number of illegal immigrants has dropped significantly, from around 1,000 per day in the beginning of the year to 150-200. But the number is still high in an international comparison.
With the total number of asylumseekers registered by the office Hungary by now is listed second behind Germany. The office has switched to a 24-hour work schedule to process applications, Végh said.
Source www.hungarymatters.hu
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