- Title: 141 AT HU COVID-19 Border more
- Date: 18th March 2020
- Description:More morning pictures illustrating traffic jam on the border crossing to Hungary Tense situation this morning on the border crossing Nickelsdorf toward Hungary. Hungary closed the border at 5. O´clock in the morning. Many citizens from Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia or Greece were stranded. They blocked also the route from Hungary to Austria. Police tried to deescalate and to provide food and drinks to the people. The backlog of cars and trucks was more than 30 kilometers long. People from Poland, Greece or other nations despite Romania, Bulgaria or Serbia are still stuck at the border. Shotlist WS long traffic jam in the morning CS traffic jam towards border crossing Police at the border VOXPOP (German) man from North Macedonia: "It is a catastrophe, we have been here since three days with small children, with mother and father,.. we would like to transit to Macedonia, we are from Macedonia, we are stopped here." VOXPOP (German); "I have heard you can pass, I have come here at one o'clock, but it was very slow, only 4 km/h, the Hungarians worked very slow, and then the closed before 5 o´clock." Police car at the border People and cars waiting at the border VOXPOP (English) man from Greece: "I want to go to Greece to my home, I was here about 5 o clock in the afternoon, nobody told me that the border was closed, and we waited here until until 5 oclock, the border is open they say, we come here and they say only for Romanians. Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, No.. and then we return here, and we wait, we wait, we do not have food or water, nothing, nothing. " VOXPOP (English) Peter, originally from UK who lives in Bulgaria: "As far as we knew I was in this queue, at 5 o´clock yesterday afternoon, I got here at 2 o´clock in the morning at the stopped everybody, they just moved us off, around and pointed us this way, so we are now heading back into Austria." Question: What you are doing now, is also blocking the way to Austria? VOXPOP (English) Peter: "This is the only way; we got the Hungarian government to listen to us." Question: But now you are punishing the Austrian government? VOXPOP (English) Peter: "Unfortunately, this is the way there are always spoils on war. This is what is happening." Tense situation, policemen
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:18/03/2020
- Decade: 2020s