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UNHCR has continued to receive reports of abuse and violence occurring when people were apprehended within the transit zones, or in police detention facilities. Reports include cases of bites by unleashed police dogs, the use of pepper spray and beatings. UNHCR has requested the Hungarian authorities to investigate these reports. In early June, UNHCR issued a statement after a young Syrian refugee had drowned, when allegedly pushed back into the Tisza River.

The conditions for those waiting to enter the ‘transit zones’ are dire. Individuals and families stay in the open or set up makeshift tents on muddy fields next to the fence. Health and sanitation represent major challenges, and hygiene conditions are far from acceptable. People waiting include infants, unaccompanied children, pregnant women and people with disabilities and other specific needs. Several hundred are sheltered by the Government of Serbia in the Refugee Aid Point near Subotica, though capacity there is overstretched. In this context, people might further resort to the use of unscrupulous human smugglers who place them at further risk.