- Title: 125 AT HU COVID-19 Border stranded
- Date: 17th March 2020
- Description:People from Romania and Bulgaria are stuck in Austria, as Hungary closes the border There are many people stuck at the Austrian Hungarian border crossing Nickelsdorf, Hegyeshalom on the Hungarian side. People from Romania and Bulgaria are stuck as Hungary closed the border for all foreigners, only Hungarians or trucks for cargo are allowed in. They do not let the people transit the country. Some are here since yesterday; others wait more than 4 hours. They don’t have enough food, or water with them. Most of them are men who used to work in France, Germany, Netherlands or other countries. They do not know what to do now, as they heard they should go home, now they will be trapped. Shotlist - traffic jam in front of the Hungarian border Nickelsdorf/Hegyeshalom - people waiting outside the car - police with mask - WS of border crossing - SOUNDBITE (English) Stefan Buda, Romania: "They stop us, we have 20 kilometers, they don´t let us go, they say we don´t know, the parliament, at the ministry they say we can just go today to our country, but Hungary says no. - Question Where are you from, where would you like to go to? - SOUNDBITE Stefan Buda (English) from Romania: "I want to go to Romania, I have 4 hours to transit, where is our right from Europe Question: From when are you here at the border? - SOUNDBITE Stefan Buda (English) from Romania: I am here from 1 o'clock in the night, there are people here since yesterday - 02.38 SOUNDBITE Stefan Buda (English) from Romania: “There are many people here who need to go home, what can we do, we have nothing to eat, what can we do…. At the moment we have fuel, but if we stay one day, after that, what can we do.” 02.58 SOUNDBITE Stefan Buda (English) from Romania: “The virus is a lie, for me, it is a lie, nobody is sick, it is like a grip, for old people it is strong, but for me, I think it is a lie, we don´t come from China, we don´t come from Italy, ..” - SOUNDBITE (English) Julian Vila: “Romania, I come from Germany, and I want to go home.” - Question: Since when are you here now at the border? - SOUNDBITE (English) Julian Vila from Romania: 4 hours - Question What do you do when you are at the border 4 hours waiting - SOUNDBITE (English) Julian Vila from Romania: “I waited for two hours in the car, I spend all the water, I had only one bottle, the food is for three hours”
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:17/03/2020
- Decade: 2020s