Hungarian-Ukrainian border: more and more people are coming

Already, more than a hundred thousand people have crossed the Hungarian-Ukrainian border. In addition to the NGOs that moved to the other side of the frontier, other individuals and entities came to help as well. In Beregsurány, in contrast to the first days, refugees are no longer received directly in tents set up at the border, but a little further away, in the community house of Beregsurány.

Community house operating as the new centre 

The charity service moved further in from the border and set up a larger reception center equipped with a help desk. There is also a registration point with PCR testing and photography services in Tarpa, the neighboring village.

The reason behind the removal of tents from the border and the relocation of the zone was mainly the unmanageable traffic. Each day, hundreds of cars come to pick up relatives and acquaintances arriving at the border zone, and hence the area becomes often overcrowded with refugee families.

The refugees can stay up to 3 days in the community house of Beregsurány

The venue consists of several parts. The theater building functions as a short-term reception area. Refugees spend a maximum of half a day here, typically those whose papers are in order and have a plan where to go next. Next to the reception place is another room where the staff of the municipality receives and handles the incoming donations, food and clothes. Opposite the community house, a few containers have been set up for those who leave the center within an hour or two. Finally, there is a school building where refugees can stay in the gym for up to three days: they get full board and mattresses to sleep on.

NGOs try to help those who have no place to go