According to the national police headquarters (ORFK), 6,356 people crossed into Hungary directly from Ukraine on Tuesday, while another 4,846 from Ukraine crossed from Romania. Police issued temporary residence permits valid for thirty days to 249 people, ORFK told MTI on Wednesday. Holders of such permits must contact a local immigration office near their place of residence within thirty days to apply for permanent documents, it added. Budapest police received 327 refugees, 101 children among them, arriving by train, ORFK said.
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