Hungary’s WAR ON MIGRATION: Now Orban unleashes 3,000 extra cops to defend border

THOUSANDS of new police are to storm Hungary’s borders in a bid to crack down on the escalating number of illegal immigrants attempting to land in the country.

By REBECCA PERRING

PUBLISHED: 10:57, Fri, Aug 12, 2016 | UPDATED: 11:50, Fri, Aug 12, 2016

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Hungary is taking a tough stance against the migrant crisis

Some 3,000 officers will patrol the barbed-wire fence erected last year between alongside Croatia and Serbia.

The move comes after Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, vowed for a major terror clampdown by saying there is a “demonstrable” link between immigration and terrorism.

Mr Orban has called for a referendum over whether or not Hungary should accept a mandatory quota of migrants imposed by Brussels bureaucrats.

The vote is in response to the EU’s plans to relocate 160,000 migrants around the bloc by using mandatory quotes.

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Forces will patrol the barbed wire

Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orban has vowed for a major terror clampdown

Karoly Kontrat, the minister of state of the ministry of interior, did not hold back on his criticism as he insisted there are hundreds of terrorists in Europe as a result of migration.

So far this year Hungary says it has registered 19,140 asylum applications and more than 14,000 migrants have crossed its southern borders illegally.

The referendum, which will take place on October 2, has opened up a huge rift between Mr Orban and the beleaguered European Union as the migrant crisis spirals out of control.

Residents will be asked: "Do you want the European Union to be entitled to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary without the consent of parliament?"

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A migrant is carried by the French police as they dismantle a temporary makeshift camp

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Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has fiercely opposed the EU's plans to relocate 160,000 migrants

In July, Mr Orban sparked controversy after branding migrants "poison", adding: "Every single migrant poses a public security and terror risk.

Hungary passed a law in June this year allowing police to send illegal migrants detained within 8 km (5 miles) of its southern frontier back to Serbia, drawing criticism from the UN refugee agency.

A razor-wire fence built along Hungary's southern border with Serbia and Croatia has helped to sharply reduce the number of migrants from the hundreds of thousands who last year moved up from the Balkans towards northern Europe, especially Germany.

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The referendum will take place on October 2

But a steady flow of migrants is still arriving at Hungary's border with Serbia. Budapest has set up two transit zones there where migrants can submit a request for asylum.

Hungary, which joined the EU in 2004, lets 30 refugees into the country daily, mostly families from conflict zones.

Serbia, who has reported pressure from migrants on its southern and southeastern borders, will set up a joint army and police patrols along its common frontier with Bulgaria and Macedonia.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/699301/Hungary-migrant-crisis-border-police-immigration-Serbia