There are currently 200- 250 migrants stranded just outside the transit zones at the Röszke and Tompa crossing points on the Serbian side of the border, György Bakondi told public Kossuth Radio.

Last week’s evacuation of the Idomeni refugee camp on the Greek-Macedonian border has increased the migration pressure on the Hungarian-Serbian border. In response to the UNCHR’s Serbian head of mission urging Serbian and Hungarian authorities to improve the rather poor conditions of migrants in the Horgos-Röszke border zone, Bakondi said the government has decided to provide additional funding to Hungarian charities working there.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.

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