Hungary adds "wooden barrier" to barbed wire border fence
Hungarian soldiers have started the construction of an additional four-meter high wooden barrier on the country's southern border with Serbia.
Source: RTS, Tanjug
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The fence and the barrier are meant to keep migrants from third countries from illegally crossing into Hungary. However, it was reported on Sunday that about 3,000 migrants entered the country illegally during the previous 24 hours alone.
The Hungarian government also announced it would set up "several transit zones with one in the village of Roszke, near the Serbian border," said RTS.
Migrants who are currently there are dissatisfied with the way Hungarian authorities treat them.
"They don't give us food or water, there are no toilets. They bring dogs and scare the children, why," one refugee asked.
A Hungarian police officer, meanwhile, said the migrants threw stones and sticks at them. "One stone hit our vehicle," he said.
The Hungarian police also announced that a fifth suspect, a Bulgarian, has been arrested in connection with the deaths of 71 migrants whose bodies were found last week in an abandoned truck in Austria.
Previously, three more Bulgarian citizens and one Afghan man were arrested in the same case. They have have been brought before a court and pleaded not guilty.
"Refugee"= a person fleeing one country and seeking "refuge" in another.
"Migrant"= a person who, for ECONOMIC reasons ie: work etc, originates from one country and is transiting (with no intention of staying) in a second country on his/her way to ANOTHER country where they may ultimately seek "refuge" or "asylum" or "migrant status" (permission to work and reside).
Other useful terms:
DISPLACED PERSON
ASYLUM SEEKER
IMMIGRANT
ILLEGAL ALIEN
Now we see why the EU has to rethink and re-define its laws to handle this apparently "new" issue of Middle Eastern peoples flooding into Europe.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, they are all still HUMAN BEINGS and should be treated as such.
(KCOJ, 3 September 2015 17:18)
They are migrants because knowingly safe countries aren't good enough for them.
If I am scared to death being beheaded for being not "in-line" with religious norms of ISIS, once I land in Greece I would stay there or head for Albania or Turkey (depending on my faith). Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria is still good enough, Croatia or Hungary is the paradise. No need to occupy every single train going from Hungary to Germany.
Germany's better social welfare system is not a valid reason to go there.
Of course, ones who have ties (family, etc.) should go where their ties are. Otherwise the first safe country they arrive is fine.
Of course than something has to be done for Greece, Italy and entire Balkans (monetarily, on EU / UN basis). But pack everyone into Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, UK, France is just plain wrong. What I underscore is that sending the people back is not an option either. And since the entire situation was largely caused by idiotic decisions of Bush administration... U.S. has the moral obligation to share the burden.
If U.S. does not want few million Syrian refugees (understand!) - than at least they have more then enough Dollars to help them directly.
Rather help these people than finance a new arms race or some more idiotic "country building" projects.
(Ataman, 1 September 2015 05:44)
These are refugees(избеглице), not simply migrants(мигранти). In fact, they are no different than many refugee Serbs in Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo during the wars of the 90's. Why does the media continue to call them migrants instead of refugees? Shame on all of Europe for how they're treating these refugees.
(LK, 31 August 2015 21:16)
These are refugees(избеглице), not simply migrants(мигранти). In fact, they are no different than many refugee Serbs in Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo during the wars of the 90's. Why does the media continue to call them migrants instead of refugees? Shame on all of Europe for how they're treating these refugees.
(LK, 31 August 2015 21:16)
They are migrants because knowingly safe countries aren't good enough for them.
If I am scared to death being beheaded for being not "in-line" with religious norms of ISIS, once I land in Greece I would stay there or head for Albania or Turkey (depending on my faith). Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria is still good enough, Croatia or Hungary is the paradise. No need to occupy every single train going from Hungary to Germany.
Germany's better social welfare system is not a valid reason to go there.
Of course, ones who have ties (family, etc.) should go where their ties are. Otherwise the first safe country they arrive is fine.
Of course than something has to be done for Greece, Italy and entire Balkans (monetarily, on EU / UN basis). But pack everyone into Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, UK, France is just plain wrong. What I underscore is that sending the people back is not an option either. And since the entire situation was largely caused by idiotic decisions of Bush administration... U.S. has the moral obligation to share the burden.
If U.S. does not want few million Syrian refugees (understand!) - than at least they have more then enough Dollars to help them directly.
Rather help these people than finance a new arms race or some more idiotic "country building" projects.
(Ataman, 1 September 2015 05:44)
"Refugee"= a person fleeing one country and seeking "refuge" in another.
"Migrant"= a person who, for ECONOMIC reasons ie: work etc, originates from one country and is transiting (with no intention of staying) in a second country on his/her way to ANOTHER country where they may ultimately seek "refuge" or "asylum" or "migrant status" (permission to work and reside).
Other useful terms:
DISPLACED PERSON
ASYLUM SEEKER
IMMIGRANT
ILLEGAL ALIEN
Now we see why the EU has to rethink and re-define its laws to handle this apparently "new" issue of Middle Eastern peoples flooding into Europe.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, they are all still HUMAN BEINGS and should be treated as such.
(KCOJ, 3 September 2015 17:18)
These are refugees(избеглице), not simply migrants(мигранти). In fact, they are no different than many refugee Serbs in Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo during the wars of the 90's. Why does the media continue to call them migrants instead of refugees? Shame on all of Europe for how they're treating these refugees.
(LK, 31 August 2015 21:16)
"Refugee"= a person fleeing one country and seeking "refuge" in another.
"Migrant"= a person who, for ECONOMIC reasons ie: work etc, originates from one country and is transiting (with no intention of staying) in a second country on his/her way to ANOTHER country where they may ultimately seek "refuge" or "asylum" or "migrant status" (permission to work and reside).
Other useful terms:
DISPLACED PERSON
ASYLUM SEEKER
IMMIGRANT
ILLEGAL ALIEN
Now we see why the EU has to rethink and re-define its laws to handle this apparently "new" issue of Middle Eastern peoples flooding into Europe.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, they are all still HUMAN BEINGS and should be treated as such.
(KCOJ, 3 September 2015 17:18)
They are migrants because knowingly safe countries aren't good enough for them.
If I am scared to death being beheaded for being not "in-line" with religious norms of ISIS, once I land in Greece I would stay there or head for Albania or Turkey (depending on my faith). Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria is still good enough, Croatia or Hungary is the paradise. No need to occupy every single train going from Hungary to Germany.
Germany's better social welfare system is not a valid reason to go there.
Of course, ones who have ties (family, etc.) should go where their ties are. Otherwise the first safe country they arrive is fine.
Of course than something has to be done for Greece, Italy and entire Balkans (monetarily, on EU / UN basis). But pack everyone into Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, UK, France is just plain wrong. What I underscore is that sending the people back is not an option either. And since the entire situation was largely caused by idiotic decisions of Bush administration... U.S. has the moral obligation to share the burden.
If U.S. does not want few million Syrian refugees (understand!) - than at least they have more then enough Dollars to help them directly.
Rather help these people than finance a new arms race or some more idiotic "country building" projects.
(Ataman, 1 September 2015 05:44)