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Over 11,000 Refugees Arrive from Ukraine on Thursday

MTI-Hungary Today 2022.05.20.

Fully 5,702 people crossed into Hungary directly from Ukraine on Thursday, while another 5,352 from Ukraine crossed from Romania, the national police headquarters said.

Police issued temporary residence permits valid for thirty days to 425 people, the police website said on Friday. Holders of such permits must contact a local immigration office near their place of residence within thirty days to apply for permanent documents, it added.

Budapest police received 194 refugees, 80 children among them, arriving by train, according to the municipal police website.

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Featured image illustration by Zoltán Balogh/MTI


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