More than three thousand refugees were apprehended by the police in the country on Wednesday. Most actions were taken in Csongrad County, origo.hu said.

2958 refugees definitely crossed the green border in Csongrad County on Wednesday, since the police took action against so many people that day. 698 of them were children.

The Csongrad County Police have not caught so many people along the border so far, this is a new record.

Police spokesman Szabolcs Szenti said: most people were caught in the suburb of Roszke this time too, most of them identified themselves as Syrian, Afghan and Pakistani citizens. The police initiated immigration proceedings in the case of illegal immigrants.

Because of illegal border crossing, 3241 people were caught by the police nationwide on Wednesday, criminal proceedings are initiated against 21 people for human trafficking – National Police Headquarters told police.hu

based on the article of origo.hu

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