03 February 2020
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"Warning shots were fired by a border guard on January 28 when a group of 60 people tried to enter Hungary from Serbia through the Röszke crossing. Witnesses reported violence by the Hungarian police during push back operations and Serbian police states that they made 37 arrests of people trying to “cross the frontier illegally”.
Hungarian Police reports on the incident at the Röszke crossing that three warning shots were fired by a border guard into the air causing no casualties “after which most of the group ran back into Serbia, while police reinforcements arrived”. Four men who ran 65 meters into the Hungarian border zone were arrested after police had sealed of the area."
Shots Fired, Arrests and Violent Push Back Reported at the Serbian Hungarian Border (ECRE, link)
See also: The migrants are coming, the migrants are coming!(Hungarian Spectrum, link)
NGO rescue boats do not receive Frontex alerts
Greece: Nationality-based Detention in the Moria Refugee Camp
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