Bakondi: Border police apprehends nearly 122,000 violators in 2021

The Hungarian authorities apprehended nearly 122,000 illegal entrants and over 1,200 people smugglers last year, Gyorgy Bakondi, chief security advisor to the prime minister, told public broadcaster Kossuth Radio on Wednesday. Bakondi noted 45,000 entered Hungary illegally in 2020. In the first days of January alone, 860 border violators have been detained, he said.