Polish border guards help patrol Hungarian-Serbian border
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
07.11.2015 18:41
A group of 43 Polish border guards have arrived in Hungary where they are to help patrol the external EU border along the stretch with the Republic of Serbia.
A Czech and a Slovakian policeman along with a Polish border guard patrol the area at the train wagon to be used as the border closure between Hungary and Serbia on the Hungarian-Serbian border near Roszke, some 180 kilometers southeast of Budapest, Hungary, 07 November 2015. EPA/ZOLTAN GERGELY KELEME
The Poles were officially welcomed by the Hungarian interior minister Sandor Pinter and police general Karoly Papp.
During joint patrols with their Hungarian partners, the Poles will have the task of stopping illegal attempts by migrants to enter the country, and securing public law and order.
They have been entrusted with monitoring a 20 kilometre-wide strip inside Hungarian territory along the Serbian border.
The Polish border guards’ mission in Hungary is to last until 3 December. (ss/nh/rk)