According to the national police headquarters (ORFK), 5,989 people crossed into Hungary directly from Ukraine on Tuesday, while another 5,574 from Ukraine crossed from Romania. Police issued temporary residence permits valid for thirty days to 229 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 received 66 people, 27 children among them, by train, ORFK said.
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