null Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary Visits the Hungarian-Romanian Border

Based on the decision of the EU member states, as of January 1, 2025, personal checks have been abolished at the internal land border crossings between Bulgaria and Romania, as well as at their common borders.


In light of the abolition of border control between Hungary and Romania, and to gather information on the implementation of related tasks, Dr. Ákos Kozma, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary, conducted visits to the border crossings along the Hungarian-Romanian border between January 15 and 22, 2025, accompanied by Dr. Domonkos Wildner, Director General for Police Complaints at the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary. The Commissioner and his colleagues visited, among others, the border crossing points at Csanádpalota, Gyula, Csengersima, and Ártánd.


 

At the visited locations, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary and his colleagues held consultations with Brigadier General Dr. Zsolt Polyák, Police Commissioner of the Csongrád-Csanád County Police Headquarters; Brigadier General Ferenc Vörös, Police Commissioner of the Békés County Police Headquarters; Brigadier General József Farkas, Police Commissioner of the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Police Headquarters; Brigadier General Dr. József Gyurosovics, Police Commissioner of the Police of Hajdú-Bihar County Police Headquarters, as well as other senior officials from the respective county police headquarters.

During the visits, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary received information on the implementation of border policing tasks related to Romania's accession to the Schengen area, as well as on the traffic situation affecting the border section.

 

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