Battonya and the Settlement Protection Act: Romanian Immigrants Are Welcomed with Open Arms

Although the government's bill on the protection of the identity of settlements would make it significantly more difficult to buy real estate in the villages, Battonya in Békés County could be a big winner in terms of people moving in with the opening of the Schengen borders. Romanians are flocking here due to cheap real estate prices, and the small town looks across the border to Arad.