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Ukraine border town sees refugee influx, Hungarian exodus
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KYIV, 14 March 2022, (TON): Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to an influx of refugees into the border town of Berehove in the Transcarpathia region and an exodus of its ethnic-Hungarian population fleeing conscription.
Around half of Berehove’s population of 22,000 is ethnic-Hungarian, the bilingual street signs, architecture and historical plaques testifying to its Magyar heritage.
But despite its location beside the Hungarian border and far from the fighting, the war has upended life in the town.
Its hotels, private boarding houses, and even schools now host refugees, some of the two million Ukrainians internally displaced by the war so far.
According to deputy mayor Istvan Vincze “4,000-5,000 refugees are currently in Berehove while much of the ethnic-Hungarian population has fled across the border.”
Now mostly Ukrainian is heard on the streets, while a screen on the main square plays an army promotional video on loop.
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