Bakondi Reports On Migrant Numbers In Hungary
- 5 Jan 2017 7:55 AM
A total of 17,800 asylum-seekers entered Hungary illegally last year before tighter border regulations went into effect on July 5, György Bakondi, senior adviser to Prime Minister on domestic security, told state TV channel M1 yesterday.
Only 470 illegal migrants were stopped after that date, he said.
Police have stopped another 10,600 people at the border fence since July.
Last year nearly 30,000 people submitted asylum requests in Hungary, of whom 438 were granted some form of legal status.
Source: Hungary Around the Clock
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