Hungarian Police Round Up Over 5,000 Illegal Migrants
- 24 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
Hungarian police on Tuesday rounded up more than 5,000 illegal migrants, 291 on the Serbian border while 4,823 crossed the Croatian border, a police spokesman said. Between midnight and 6am, police took action against four illegal migrants on the Serbian border and 4,506 on the Croatian border, Kristóf Gál of the national police headquarters (ORFK) told public television’s news channel M1.
This brings the total number of those who have entered Hungary since the start of the year to 257,536.
Altogether criminal proceedings have been launched against 189 people, the spokesman said. In the past 24 hours, 210 asylum requests have been registered, an immigration office official said.
Since the start of the year, 174,158 requests have been lodged.
There are around 800 migrants living in reception centres, the official added.
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