On Wednesday, police found a total of 50 illegal migrants in the country, the National Police Headquarters’ Communications Service announced on Thursday morning. 

The majority were found in Csongrád-Csanád County, located in southern Hungary and bordering Serbia and Romania. There, 36 border violators were found in six groups in Ásotthalm, Tiszasziget, Röszke, and Szeged.

Meanwhile, one was found in Bács-Kiskun, also southern Hungary, and 13 in the northwestern county of Győr-Moson-Sopron, which borders Slovakia and Austria. 

The detained illegal migrants could not prove their country of origin, their identity, or their right to be on the territory of Hungary, as they had no documentation. They claimed to be citizens of a slew of countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iraq, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey.

The police escorted them back to the temporary security border fence in accordance with the current Hungarian legislation. 

Two illegal border-crossers were arrested, as well as four human smugglers, three in Győr-Moson-Sopron and one in Bács-Kiskun county. Criminal proceedings have been initiated against the smugglers. In Hungary, human smugglers can be sentenced to one to five years in prison, and up to five to 15 years in aggravated cases.

Hungary maintains a hard line against illegal migration, with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán making it the centerpiece of his successive governments, especially in the wake of the 2015-2016 migration wave.