When the coronavirus epidemic exploded march of this past year, illegal migration on the Hungarian-Serbian border essentially stopped; economic migrants did not try to enter Hungary, as was evident in published statistics on the Police.hu site. The migrants were most active during the 1st and 9th week of this past year; the number of intercepted illegal crossings, captures, arrests, and proceedings was over one thousand. This number fell to eight hundred on the 10th week, under seven hundred on the 11th, and barely reached two hundred on the 12th week. The numbers continually decreased until the 17th week; at that point a mere eighteen attempted trekking into the European Union. Among them, ten border-crossing attempts were prevented, six individuals were intercepted, and two were captured.
Germany sends hundreds of millions abroad in child-benefit payments
In 2023, Germany has sent more than half a billion euros in child-benefit payments outside the country, according to government data provided to local media outlets.