Hungarian Police Take Action Against 800 Migrants

  • 4 Jul 2023 8:41 AM
Hungarian Police Take Action Against 800 Migrants
Police took action against 808 illegal border crossers from Friday through Sunday, it was announced on Monday.

According to data available on the police website, police stopped 224 migrants on Friday, 319 on Saturday and 255 on Sunday, and deposited them across the border fence.

Another ten migrants were caught far from the borders and alien policing proceedings were launched against them.

Police caught 1,462 migrants last week and launched proceedings against 19 suspects for people-smuggling.

MTI photo: Edvárd Molnár

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