The Hungarian army on Monday started building the border fence to stem the massive flow of illegal migrants across Hungary’s border with Serbia. ”Illegal migration towards the continent has become a problem that is effecting the whole of Europe” said the Ministry of Interior.
The governmen has recently approved legslation on the construction of a 175 kilometre long and 4 metre high temporary border control fence aimed at preventing illegal crossing of the green boundary along the Hungarian-Serbian border.
The Hungarian Defence Force, backed by police security, began the preparatory works required for the construction of the temporary border control fence on the periphery of Mórahalom on Monday morning.A total of 43 military personnel from the 5th Bocskai Infantry Brigade, the 37th Ferenc Rákóczi II Engineering Regiment and the 86th Szolnok Helicopter Base are currently involved in performing the task.
The soldiers brought technical equipment to the site using eight vehicles from the Hódmezővásárhely barracks. Following the inspection of the site, they will complete the field works – felling trees and removing undergrowth, groundworks and road construction – required to begin construction of the temporary border control fence, for which purpose they are using a track-laying bulldozer and a universal earthmover.
The current phase of construction of the 150-metre sample section of the fence is being carried out jointly by the Ministry of Interior and the relevant bodies of the Ministry of Defence.
Over the weekend, police stopped a total of 2,858 persons crossing the border illegally. Proceedings against two individuals for human smuggling and ten for forgery of official documents. The majority of illegal border crossers were caught in the southern portion of Csongrád county.
