Hungary delayed the train migrants from Croatia – RBC

A policeman helps a family migrant workers to leave the train

Photo: REUTERS 2015

The government of Hungary on Friday night arrested a train carrying migrants from Croatia, according to Reuters. According to the agency, the train driver was arrested and the 40 Croatian police, who also were in the train, were disarmed.

The official representative of the Hungarian government Zoltan Kovacs, commenting on the incident, said that the case “raises suspicions of abuse border ».

Just Friday from Croatia to Hungary profit more than 4 thousand. workers, the agency said.

Hungary is a transit point for refugees fleeing to Germany and the Nordic countries. Earlier in the week, the Hungarian authorities introduced a state of emergency on the border with Serbia, and closed the main border crossing on the border with Serbia. Railroad tracks laid across the border, took custody of the police. By the frontier point and pulled soldiers and mounted police.

Also, now crossing the border will be in Hungary is not just an offense, and the offense that is punishable by imprisonment or expulsion from the country.

In Wednesday at the border of Hungary and Serbia, the Hungarian law enforcement authorities clashed with migrants who tried to break through the border from Serbia. The police were forced to use tear gas and water cannons. According to Reuters, workers threw stones towards the police and chunks of concrete.

According to the agency, the day suffered at least 20 Hungarian policemen and two children, who were moved by the separation barrier.