# Recorded irregular crossings at Hungary’s southern border fall after the fence

Date: 2016

Official and Frontex figures show a sharp drop in recorded irregular crossings on Hungary’s southern border after 2015, with displacement onto other routes. A drop in recorded crossings is not a drop in people in need of protection.

## People

- Viktor Orbán: https://factrail.ai/people/viktor-orban

## Drivers

- Migration-policy restrictiveness and border control: https://factrail.ai/drivers/mig-policy-restrictiveness

## Sources

- https://www.unhcr.org/statistics
- https://www.frontex.europa.eu/assets/Publications/Risk_Analysis/Annual_Risk_Analysis_2016.pdf

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-border-crossing-drop