(28 Jan 2020) Migrants have claimed that Hungarian police used excessive force against them when they attempted to cross into the country from Serbia.
The claims were made hours after a security guard fired three warning shots when several dozen migrants tried to enter Hungary on Tuesday through a southern border crossing.
Hungarian police said they were able to stop most of the 60-70 migrants from entering Hungary from the crossing at Roske, while four were caught at the scene and detained.
Speaking about his experience in trying to enter Hungary through the same border, one migrant told the Associated Press that police officers had hit migrants "in the chest, in the head."
Another migrant recounted having suffered injuries to his hand when he attempted to cross into Hungary from Serbia.
It was unclear when the migrants had attempted to make the crossing.
Hungarian authorities have been pointing to a noticeable increase in past months in the number of migrants coming north through the Balkans and trying to enter Hungary.
Many rely on human traffickers and are trying to make their way to Western Europe.
The jump in migrants caught by police at the southern border has been mostly growing since late October, from usually less than 300 a day to around 1,000 a day, or more, in recent weeks.

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