Posted on 07/23/2015 2:23:03 PM PDT by markomalley
Despite international protests, Hungary has begun building a huge anti-migration fence along its 175-kilometer (109 miles) border with Serbia. Some 900 soldiers are involved in the project using materials provided by inmates.
Hungary's government says it is crucial to stem the flow of migrants choosing the Balkans route to reach Europe as an alternative to the dangerous boat trips that have killed many.
In tropical temperatures, troops managed to erect the first part of the four-meter-high (13 feet) fence. They arrived in armored vehicles turning the area into a war zone. Several police officers are also in the neighborhood, adding to a frightening atmosphere for refugees.
Some were lucky. A group of Afghans arrived in a nearby village just before the fence appeared. "It was a long journey. We went through Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and now Hungary. We are going to Germany. Germany is beautiful," he tells Vatican Radio.
The influx of refugees has created new challenges for Morahalom's Szent László Catholic Church, explains priest Balász Jó. "An elderly priest met refugees during Mass. They were crying for bread. He was accompanying them to a shop to buy food for them," Jó recalls. "But we are limited in our resources."
However if it's up to Morahalom Mayor Zoltán Nógrádi if the ruling Fidesz party not more refugees will enter the town, and the church. "You realize that more than 2.5 million people are on the move in the Balkans towards the European Union," he says.
CALLING HOME
"It is abnormal. Everybody who can reach Munich, Bonn, Amsterdam or Copenhagen can just call home as soon as they are here (in Hungary)."
But he gets angry when asked whether this is a new Iron Curtain or Berlin Wall as Serbia's government has suggested. "That was a political border. This is a temporarily solution. Only eight percent of the migrants are real asylum seekers. Ofcourse Hungary will provide asylum to people in need,"including Christians from Syria, he tells Vatican Radio in his office.
At least some residents want to help the most vulnerable refugees including 70-year-old Judit Bálint a devout Catholic. "I think some people don't deserve this fence," she says, interrupting her bicycle tour.
"But ofcourse we cannot have more and more migrants."
For now construction of the fence continues, despite opposition from the European Union and United Nations refugee agency UNHCR
"What we can do?" wonders the mayor. "Thousands and thousands of people have already arrived here. They often walk through lands and gardens. Elderly people are afraid."
Brussels has lost touch with reality the mayor complains. "I try to ask for help, but the EU leaders are on holiday...."
But the bigger question is: if Hungary can do such a thing, why has the US never managed to do so? Here's the other thing, the picture (AFP Copyright, else I'd post it) shows they have soldiers building the fence....what a concept!
Good for Hungary.
Good for them. Apparently Israel and Hungary are smarter than most
Fences usually have gates. The truly needy will enter through the gate while the others are kept out by the fence.
wait for it ....
soon ....
almost here ....
ISLAM !!!
The excuse I generally get, even from some family members, is that “Hungary has a relatively short border with Serbia but our border with Mexico is thousands of miles long.”
So logically vapid I hardly know where to start.
If they really want it to work, they will have soldiers manning the fence, too. With loaded rifles.
I’m glad to hear that Hungary is doing this.
I was on a river cruise, and spent a few days in Budapest. Hungary has had it’s ups and downs, being a major player in the Austro-Hungarian empire, but also being a minor Central European backwater.
That said, one of the things I noticed was that they maintained their traditions. St. Stephen is the hero who Hungary looks to as the primal religious/military organizer of the country... or at least that’s what it looks like to a tourist. I think he dates back to the 10th century although according to Gibbon, the pagan Magyars moved in from Asia some centuries before.
Meanwhile, here in the USA, our cultural and political elites are doing their very best to denigrate and effectively eliminate the Founding Fathers and patriots of the 18th century, to make us rootless. And, in the name of modernity, and perhaps Common Core, many are buying into that. “Dead White Men.” St. Stephen has been gone for 1100 years, and they still honor him in Hungary.
The Us Border agency: as of 2013
larger than it’s ever been over 58,000 personnel
spends $4 billion yearly protecting the southwestern border 16,875 vehicles
269 aircraft
300 watercraft
300 camera towers
uses aerial drones to enhance the scrutiny.
Estimates from Customs and Border Protection suggest a cost of more than $22.4 billion to build a fence along the entire southwestern border,
To truly “close” the border would require the equivalent of a 1,969-mile fence or like the Berlin Wall.
Smuggling illegal aliens $6.6 billion industry for Mexican gangs
90 percent of illegal aliens pay “coyotes” to sneak them across
Rates range from $3,000 to $30,000 for transport
without paid assistance risks being beaten or shot
http://theweek.com/articles/466628/what-take-secure-usmexico-border
the equivalent of a 1,969-mile fence would be needed for our border
But split that in half and let Mexico pay the other part then it’s not so big after all.
Good idea.
The map is five years old...and the “flood “ has been going on now for that and more...maybe there’s another more current map
I remember when RWR’s SDI was ridiculed no end as can’t be done
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