Up to 10,000 police and soldiers are participating in the latest security operation by Hungarian authorities to keep migrants and asylum seekers out of the country. The reinforced border includes razor-wire fence across the Serbian-Hungarian border, a Schengen border of the EU. According to data by Hungary's government, there are an average of 130 people who crossed this border daily. A new law allows the Hungarian Army and police to arrest and return anyone caught inside Hungary within 8 kilometers of the fence, but in practice it seems to be applied to those caught far deeper into Hungary.
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New Law Allows Hungarian Army to Push Migrants Back to Serbia
Up to 10,000 police and soldiers are participating in the latest security operation by Hungarian authorities to keep migrants and asylum seekers out of the country. The reinforced border includes razor-wire fence...
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