Hungarian border hunters - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 05 Sep 2016 01:31:39 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Hungarian border hunters - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Hungarian police recruit 'border-hunters' https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/09/06/border-hunters-recruited-hungary/ Mon, 05 Sep 2016 16:54:44 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=86725 Border-hunters, who will reinforce up to 10,000 police and soldiers patrolling a razor-wire fence built to keep migrants out, are being sought by the Hungarian police. The police have advertised for up to 3,000 guards. The new border-hunters, like existing officers, will carry pistols with live ammunition, and have pepper spray, batons, handcuffs and protective Read more

Hungarian police recruit ‘border-hunters'... Read more]]> Border-hunters, who will reinforce up to 10,000 police and soldiers patrolling a razor-wire fence built to keep migrants out, are being sought by the Hungarian police. The police have advertised for up to 3,000 guards.

The new border-hunters, like existing officers, will carry pistols with live ammunition, and have pepper spray, batons, handcuffs and protective kit.

The number of migrants reaching Hungary's southern border with Serbia has stagnated, at fewer than 200 daily.

The new guards will start work in May.

The recruits will have six months' training, they must be over 18, physically fit and must pass a psychological test, police officer Zsolt Pozsgai told Hungarian state television. Read more

 

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