Migration Aid spokeswoman Zsuzsanna Zsohár said the Afghan state had abandoned its citizens with its decision.

She told HVG that Afghan asylum seekers had been able to go to the embassy when they needed documents or interpreters, and that the embassy issued birth and death certificates.

Zsohár said there is no other solution for migrants now than to contact the Afghan embassy in Vienna through the Immigration Office, as most of them have no cash to make phone calls and may not cross the border either.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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