The number of border violators is constantly increasing, the authorities caught 269,254 migrants in 2022, which means an average of 738 people per day, the prime minister's chief adviser on internal security told reporters in Budapest on Wednesday, during a background discussion.
Expressing the increase, György Bakondi said that in 2021, 122,239 border violators were caught, which was an average of 335 people per day.
In addition, last year, 1,924 people were arrested for human trafficking compared to 1,277 the previous year, which also shows a significant increase.
Hungarian prisons already hold 2,500 people smugglers who came from 73 countries. Their detention means additional costs of approximately three billion forints, said György Bakondi.
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