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In 2015, Hungary built a border barrier on its border with Serbia and Croatia.The fence was constructed during the European migrant crisis (see timeline), with the aim to ensure border security by preventing illegal immigrants from entering, and enabling the option to enter through official checkpoints and claim asylum in Hungary in accordance with international and European law. [4]
Hungarian border barrier. In late December 2015, Slovenia erected a razor-wire fence along the Istria and Gorski Kotar sections of its border with Croatia, to block migrants and refugees heading for more northern parts of Europe.
The border was still closely guarded and the Hungarian security forces tried to hold back refugees. The dismantling of the electric fence along Hungary 's 240 kilometres (149 mi) long border with Austria was the first fissure in the " Iron Curtain " that had divided Europe for more than 40 years, since the end of World War II .
The central European country installed the border controls on Oct. 5, following neighbours Poland, the Czech Republic and Austria, which had tightened their own frontiers with Slovakia. Slovakia ...
The new Slovak government announced a big deployment of police and armed forces Monday along the border with Hungary to prevent growing numbers of migrants entering the country. Prime Minister ...
Slovakia began conducting traffic checks on its border with neighboring Hungary on Thursday amid what it says is a dramatic rise in migrants crossing onto its territory. The policy joins a flurry ...
Orbán published a lengthy essay to Magyar Idők on 1 October, writing that "We, Hungarians find ourselves in the mainstream once every thirty years", referring to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the removal of Hungary's border fence with Austria in 1989 and the current migration crisis, and asserting that "Hungary is the only EU Member State ...
A shooting between migrants near Serbia's border with Hungary early Friday left three people dead and one other person seriously wounded, Serbia's state RTS television reported on Friday. Reports ...