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Hungary To Build Second Fence On Serbian Border To Keep Out Migrants
International Business Times / Reuters ^ | 26 August 2016

Posted on 08/29/2016 2:02:50 PM PDT by Lorianne

Hungary plans to build a second fence on its southern border with Serbia that would enable it to keep out any major new wave of migrants, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.

Orban said the new barrier, to be built alongside the existing one, would strengthen defenses to respond if Turkey's policy on migration changed. If that happened, hundreds of thousands could appear at Hungary's border, he told public radio.

"Technical planning is under way to erect a more massive defense system next to the existing line of defense which was built quickly (last year)," Orban said.

Orban said Hungary had to prepare for the eventuality of a deal between Turkey and the European Union to clamp down on migration into Europe via the Balkans unraveling.

(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: hijrah; hungary; serbia

1 posted on 08/29/2016 2:02:51 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

But, “fences don’t work”/s.


2 posted on 08/29/2016 2:14:31 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Lorianne
Merkel is pissed. What tools will she use to punish Hungary?
3 posted on 08/29/2016 3:19:44 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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