Office of the commissioner for fundamental rights of hungary

On 23 April 2020, Dr. Ákos Kozma visited the motorway border crossing point located between Hegyeshalom and Nickelsdorf. The Ombudsman, accompanied by Director of Police Complaints Department Dr. Domonkos Wildner, surveyed the control of traffic passing through the border, as well as the implementation of healthcare measures adopted in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

The border crossing point at Hegyeshalom is currently the only road border crossing point between Hungary and Austria which is open for international freight transfer and passenger transit during the period of state of danger declared due to the coronavirus pandemic.