Reception Stations In Hungary Nearly Empty
- 12 Oct 2015 10:30 AM
Hungarian refugee reception stations are little used, Immigration and Citizenship Office refugee affairs director Árpád Szép told M1 state television on Sunday. He said 612 people are accommodated at open reception stations at present, attributing this relatively low number to the fact that very few migrants apply for refugee status in Hungary.
On Saturday 13 people applied for asylum, taking the total this year to 176,308.
Szép added that applicants typically do not wait for the end of the proceedings but leave Hungary for unknown destinations in Western or Northern Europe.
Source: Hungary Around the Clock
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