The forests along the Serbian-Hungarian border are full of discarded phones, clothes, bags, sports shoes, photos - and even cars.
Illegal immigrants leave behind a lot of waste on the Hungarian side of the border fence. However, abandoned cars, clothes, bags and phones can cause serious environmental pollution in the wildlife of the Great Plain. In recent months, the Csongrád-Csanád County Government Office has transported around 150 cars, but - add the leaders of the local settlements - there are piles of garbage that they no longer know what to do with.
"I know of people who sometimes go out into the forests along the border to browse among the abandoned belongings of illegal immigrants," said a Mórahalm man on a bicycle. "There are also scumbags," he added, "who wash the collected clothes, then either wear them or sell them for pennies."
"Since November last year, the Csongrád-Csanád County Government Office has transported about 150 car wrecks left behind by migrants and smugglers from the Serbian-Hungarian border," said the region's Fidesz parliamentary representative. According to Béla Mihálffy, this started a process, the end of which will be the complete cleaning of the Sand Ridge.
Much to the chagrin of nature walkers and hunters, the border forests are full of waste from illegal immigrants: phones, clothes, bags, sports shoes, cars, toothbrushes and various personal items, photos are lying everywhere in the grass.
"Since 2015, the settlements along the border of Csongrád-Csanád Vármegye have been constantly troubled by illegal migration," stated Márki Márki Borbásné. The mayor of Röszke, which has almost 3,700 inhabitants, said that several million forints are allocated from the town's budget every year for the collection and removal of waste.
Until now, we have tried to deal with the problem independently, but we realized that we need help, added the mayor of Röszke.
To the question of whether she is aware of whether illegal immigrants have committed any crime, Márki Márki Borbásné answered with a firm no. According to him, the aim of the migrants is to move unnoticed towards Western Europe.
"My goal is for the people who live here to get their living space back as soon as possible, because they struggle every day with the problems caused by migration," said Béla Mihálffy. The representative added: that is why it is also fortunate that the government supported the operation of the Mezőr services, and that in addition to the border hunters and law enforcement authorities, the civil guards were also on duty.
In November of last year, the Member of Parliament wrote an open letter to the Prime Minister Gergely Gulyás regarding the often burned out and dismantled vehicles left behind by people smugglers fleeing from the authorities or captured.
These wrecks cause a serious problem for the population of the constituency, because in many cases they stand abandoned along the roads, at intersections or in the forests and farmlands, posing a risk of accidents.
said the politician. According to him, in addition to violating people's sense of security, car wrecks also pose a threat to wildlife and the environment.
Homokhátság is basically a homely, friendly area with beautiful natural features.
However, those who go there can see that the forests and fields of the settlements close to the border are full of the stations and garbage heaps of migrants crossing the border illegally.
The next step will be the collection and removal of the waste thrown in the heaps - said the representative, who said that "the garbage heaps pose a serious threat to nature and the living world, so it is particularly important to clean the environment of them."
Cover image: In the photo published by the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office, police officers are patrolling the temporary security border at the Hungarian-Serbian border near Ásotthalom
MTI/Prime Minister's Cabinet Office/Szabolcs Vadnai
