Hungary returning 17K migrants, cutting holes in own fence
Hungarian authorities plan to send 17,000 migrants back to Serbia, who reached that country by transiting through Serbia.
Source: B92
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(B92)
The return of migrants is being done at night, by creating "an improvised point somewhere along the fence." Hungarian army and police patrol the fence around the clock.
B92's TV crew at the border was told that video recording was prohibited.
Our reporter saw a transit center at Horgos with about 500 people in tents waiting to enter Hungary legally. Some 30 people are let in per day - 15 through Horgos, and 15 through another border crossing, Kelebija.
As for media reports about tensions and extraordinary events at the border between the two countries, including deployment of helicopters and drones, none of that was evident on Wednesday - the situation was calm.
Asked to comment, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, who was visiting Obrenovac, said on Wednesday that Serbia would not change its policy toward migrants and that he "believes in Angela Merkel's policy."
He told reporters that "Serbia in the past period acted seriously and responsibly" when it comes to migrants, and added:
"And that is how it will behave in the future. I am neither nervous nor scared. Those are boyish games being played, if I were to deal with it in that way, I would not seem serious to myself."
Asked to comment, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, who was visiting Obrenovac, said on Wednesday that Serbia would not change its policy toward migrants and that he "believes in Angela Merkel's policy."
Anyone who really believes in any of Merkel's policies is too stupid to solve any kind of problem. He should be at least smart enough not to bring Merkel into the conversation.
(Paul, 6 July 2016 21:57)
Vucic is a retard. Right now it's easy for him to play the moral high ground and pretend Serbia is in any way capable of monitoring or taking in these migrants, because he knows that 99% of them want to go onto to Germany. His rhetoric is endangering both Serbia, Germany, and Europe. The only proper action is to close the borders entirely and Hungary has done more than any other country is stopping the invasion. The number of border violators has fallen by over 95% since Hungary implemented it's border security measures.
(Olo, 6 July 2016 19:36)
I am sorry to say that this guy lives in his own delusional world and cannot see reality.The genie that Merkel has let out of the bottle, will be very difficult to capture and re-contain.Hundreds of thousands of migrants have already arrived on EU shores and thousands more are on their way.Some estimates put the number of migrants waiting in Libya to cross into Europe to 1 million. Merkel is responsible for not acting at all on the refugee-crisis, when it was foreseeably building up. Then she tried to resolve the problem and preserving the status quo by inviting all to Germany in a populist one-time decision. Costs for Germany and Europe in the coming decade: Hundreds of Billions €. Reaction: Trying to bribe Turkey and giving a dictatorship sway over Europe.
Merkel is well known for avoiding to take decisions. When she has acted though, it was mostly to just cover up an existing crisis by using a temporary fix without actually solving the underlying problem. The whole building will at some point come crashing down not in the distant future.
(Leonidas, 6 July 2016 15:25)
I am sorry to say that this guy lives in his own delusional world and cannot see reality.The genie that Merkel has let out of the bottle, will be very difficult to capture and re-contain.Hundreds of thousands of migrants have already arrived on EU shores and thousands more are on their way.Some estimates put the number of migrants waiting in Libya to cross into Europe to 1 million. Merkel is responsible for not acting at all on the refugee-crisis, when it was foreseeably building up. Then she tried to resolve the problem and preserving the status quo by inviting all to Germany in a populist one-time decision. Costs for Germany and Europe in the coming decade: Hundreds of Billions €. Reaction: Trying to bribe Turkey and giving a dictatorship sway over Europe.
Merkel is well known for avoiding to take decisions. When she has acted though, it was mostly to just cover up an existing crisis by using a temporary fix without actually solving the underlying problem. The whole building will at some point come crashing down not in the distant future.
(Leonidas, 6 July 2016 15:25)
Vucic is a retard. Right now it's easy for him to play the moral high ground and pretend Serbia is in any way capable of monitoring or taking in these migrants, because he knows that 99% of them want to go onto to Germany. His rhetoric is endangering both Serbia, Germany, and Europe. The only proper action is to close the borders entirely and Hungary has done more than any other country is stopping the invasion. The number of border violators has fallen by over 95% since Hungary implemented it's border security measures.
(Olo, 6 July 2016 19:36)
Asked to comment, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, who was visiting Obrenovac, said on Wednesday that Serbia would not change its policy toward migrants and that he "believes in Angela Merkel's policy."
Anyone who really believes in any of Merkel's policies is too stupid to solve any kind of problem. He should be at least smart enough not to bring Merkel into the conversation.
(Paul, 6 July 2016 21:57)
Asked to comment, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, who was visiting Obrenovac, said on Wednesday that Serbia would not change its policy toward migrants and that he "believes in Angela Merkel's policy."
Anyone who really believes in any of Merkel's policies is too stupid to solve any kind of problem. He should be at least smart enough not to bring Merkel into the conversation.
(Paul, 6 July 2016 21:57)
Vucic is a retard. Right now it's easy for him to play the moral high ground and pretend Serbia is in any way capable of monitoring or taking in these migrants, because he knows that 99% of them want to go onto to Germany. His rhetoric is endangering both Serbia, Germany, and Europe. The only proper action is to close the borders entirely and Hungary has done more than any other country is stopping the invasion. The number of border violators has fallen by over 95% since Hungary implemented it's border security measures.
(Olo, 6 July 2016 19:36)
I am sorry to say that this guy lives in his own delusional world and cannot see reality.The genie that Merkel has let out of the bottle, will be very difficult to capture and re-contain.Hundreds of thousands of migrants have already arrived on EU shores and thousands more are on their way.Some estimates put the number of migrants waiting in Libya to cross into Europe to 1 million. Merkel is responsible for not acting at all on the refugee-crisis, when it was foreseeably building up. Then she tried to resolve the problem and preserving the status quo by inviting all to Germany in a populist one-time decision. Costs for Germany and Europe in the coming decade: Hundreds of Billions €. Reaction: Trying to bribe Turkey and giving a dictatorship sway over Europe.
Merkel is well known for avoiding to take decisions. When she has acted though, it was mostly to just cover up an existing crisis by using a temporary fix without actually solving the underlying problem. The whole building will at some point come crashing down not in the distant future.
(Leonidas, 6 July 2016 15:25)