Further Hungarian police contingents have left for Serbia and Macedonia where they will assist with border protection responsibilities, the police informed the public on its website.

According to the communication of the Hungarian National Police’s communication services, 30 police officers are travelling to Macedonia and another 15 to Serbia in the interest of preventing and uncovering illegal border crossing attempts. They will also take part in the detention of people smugglers and illegal migrants. Members of the missions will be serving not only in the immediate vicinity of the borders, but also around main roads and inferior roads situated further away from the borders.

Both contingents will also support the effective protection of borders with four-wheel drive service vehicles, night vision devices and handheld thermal imagers, while the contingent travelling to Macedonia will further be equipped with mobile thermal imaging cameras.

The Hungarian police officers to serve in the territories of Macedonia and Serbia will perform their duties with their own service equipment, and will exercise their powers under the guidance and supervision of the Macedonian and Serbian parties.

Members of the Hungarian police contingents whose duty it will be to reinforce the Macedonian-Greek and Serbian-Bulgarian borders were seen off by László Balázs, head of the Border Policing Division of the Hungarian National Police on Wednesday at the central facility of the Rapid Response and Special Police Services, the communication reads.

(Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister/MTI)