Dear all,
According to Hungarian language news sources, a 26-year old Syrian woman was shot this morning on the Hungarian-Slovakian border by the Slovakian authorities.
A 26-year-old Syrian was shot this morning on the Slovakian-Hungarian border. She was being smuggled in a car through the Vamosszabadi-Medve crossing. Vamosszabadi is also the location of one of the three open refugee camps in Hungary.
There were four cars, and close to Nagymegyer the Slovak customs authorities decided to stop the cars. Three of them stopped, and it turned out that they are carrying “illegal immigrants” (wording by the Slovak authorities). The driver of the fourth car decided not to stop and speeded instead. The customs authorities reacted with warning shots in the air, but when the driver did not care they shot at the car. The woman in the car was hit as well, and an ambulance had to be called. She was shot in the back and brought to the Dunajská Streda-hospital and operated, and now her situation is stable. All the people who were being transported have been handed over to the Ministry of the Interior.
At the same time, there is a huge traffic jam on the Hungarian-Austrian border as cars are being checked.
We'll react to this soon as Migszol and share more info when we have it - but this is clearly a result tight border controls on the Austrian borders and the changes in the Austrian asylum policy.
Best,
Annastiina / Budapest