Police: 4,255 unauthorized border crossings

Hungarian authorities registered 4,255 unauthorized border crossings into Hungary yesterday, data published on the official website of the Hungarian Police revealed this morning.
Temporary structures for processing asylum seekers are set up in Letenye, on the Hungarian border with Croatia, yesterday. (Photo: MTI/GyoĚrgy Varga)
The majority of illegal border crossers, 4,171, who were registered by police involved the Croatian-Hungarian border, while 83 illegal border crossings were registered at the Serbian-Hungarian border, where Hungary has built a fence as a âtemporary measureâ to prevent asylum seekers from entering the country.
On Tuesday a total of 6,644 âillegal border crossingsâ into Hungary were registered, 6,496 on the Croatian-Hungarian border, and 145 on the Serbian-Hungarian border.
On Monday, a total of 5,335 âillegal border crossingsâ into Hungary were registered â 5,224 on the Croatian border and 110 on the Serbian border.
Data from the Hungarian Police revealed that a total of 291,618 âillegal migrantsâ have been recorded entering the country since the beginning of the year.
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