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In 2015 only 20-30 persons per day were let in at each transit zone. From 2 November 2015, only 10 persons are let in per day and only through working days, due to the changes in working hours of the IAO. From January 2017, only 5 persons are let in per day in each transit zone […].

The clear factors that determine who is allowed access to the transit zone are time of arrival and extent of vulnerability. The other determining factors are not so clear. In Röszke there are three separate lists for those waiting: one for families, one for unaccompanied minors and one for single men. In Tompa there is a single list containing the names of all three groups. Both lists are managed by a so-called community leader or list manager who is chosen by the people waiting at the given place and who communicates both with the Serbian and Hungarian authorities. The HHC already received a complaint of an asylum seeker about serious violations committed by one of such community leader (forced sex and beating allegations).

The Hungarian authorities allow people into the transit zones based on these lists. Families with small children enjoy priority over single men and usually some unaccompanied minors are also allowed entry on any given day. However, there are other determining factors when it comes to entry, which are not so clear and not knowing them further frustrates those waiting.