More than 11,000 Ukrainian children spend holidays in Hungary

Miklós Soltész, the state secretary in charge of church and ethnic minority relations, said more than 11,000 Ukrainian children have been given the chance to spend their holidays in Hungary since the start of the war two and a half years ago, primarily thanks to charity organizations. Soltész, who is also the head of the National Humanitarian Coordination Council, visited a camp in Gyenesdiás, next to Lake Balaton, organized for Ukrainian children who lost parents during the war. He said that a total of 11,400 children have spent holidays in Hungary, including more than 4,000 this year. Hungary has gone “above and beyond” to help those who have suffered as a result of the war, and instead of providing support with weapons, ammunition and soldiers, “it has been using all means to work towards establishing peace”, Soltész said.