(Reuters) Residents of Chlaba say large groups of illegal migrants have been traipsing through their tiny border village in southern Slovakia every day in the past few weeks after fording a local river or crossing a railway bridge from neighbouring Hungary.
The migrants mostly arrive by night and do not intend to stay long as their final destination is usually Germany, but the uptick has stirred anxiety and calls for tighter border controls in Slovakia as it prepares for an election on Sept. 30.
“They don’t want to live or work here, they are in transit, they rush through as they can,” said Jozsef Barta, 70.
Although he knew of no criminal incidents involving the migrants, he added: “People are scared to walk in the street.”
