By Krisztina Than CHLABA, Slovakia/IPOLYDAMASD, Hungary (Reuters) - Residents of Chlaba say large groups of illegal migrants have been traipsing ...
By Krisztina Than CHLABA, Slovakia/IPOLYDAMASD, Hungary - Residents of Chlaba say large groups of illegal migrants have been traipsing through their tiny border village in southern SlovakiaSaltWire's Atlantic regional weather forecast for September 20, 2023 | SaltWireCHLABA, Slovakia/IPOLYDAMASD, Hungary - Residents of Chlaba say large groups of illegal migrants have been traipsing through their tiny border village in southern Slovakia every day in the past few weeks after fording a local...
Although he knew of no criminal incidents involving the migrants, he added:"People are scared to walk in the street." Around three quarters of Slovaks want the next government to tighten rules against illegal migration, according to a poll by the AKO agency this month.The SMER-SSD party of former prime minister Robert Fico, campaigning on an anti-immigrant platform, has urged Slovakia's caretaker government to suspend Europe's Schengen 'open border' rules and reinstate passport checks on the Hungarian border.
The Slovak government says it is virtually impossible to seal the 655-km border with Hungary, though caretaker Prime Minister Ludovit Odor recently sent up to 500 soldiers to help police patrol the border and maintain order. Police discouraged Reuters from trying to speak with a group of migrants they had just rounded up, but the increased popularity of this route into western Europe appears linked to the Slovak law that allows Syrians and Afghans - deemed to be refugees fleeing war - to register.
Hungarian police data also showed a jump in illegal migrant crossings on Hungary's southern border with Serbia in the past weeks, from where they head for Slovakia or Austria.
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