Reuters: Hungary shuts EU border, taking migrant crisis into its own hands
Hungary's right-wing government shut the main land route for migrants into the EU on Tuesday, taking matters into its own hands to halt Europe's influx of refugees.
An emergency effort led by Germany to force European Union member states to accept mandatory quotas of refugees collapsed in discord.
Berlin called for EU financial penalties against countries that refused to accommodate their share of migrants. A Czech official said such threats were empty but nonetheless "damaging". Slovakia said they would bring the "end of the EU".
Under new rules that took effect from midnight, Hungary said anyone seeking asylum at its border with Serbia, the EU's external frontier, would automatically be turned back, and anyone trying to sneak through would face jail.
EU Migration Crisis News Updates -- September 15, 2015
Refugee crisis: Hungary rejects all asylum requests made at border – as it happened -- The Guardian
Migrant crisis: Hungary's closed border leaves many stranded -- BBC
Refugees scramble for ways into Europe as Hungary seals borders -- The Guardian
Hungary shuts key refugee route amid widening clampdowns across Europe -- Washington Post
Hungary declares emergency, seals border, detains migrants as crisis worsens -- AP
Hungary declares emergency, detains refugees and seals border as crisis intensifies -- FOX News
Refugee crisis: Chaos as Hungary blocks migrants at Serbian border -- CNN
Hungary closes EU door to asylum seekers, rights groups alarmed -- Reuters
Hungary makes first arrests under border laws -- SKY News
Serbia Says Unable to Handle Migrant Influx -- VOA
Austria enforces temporary controls on Hungarian border -- Irish Times
Aid groups condemn Hungary’s ‘alarming’ migrant crackdown -- France 24
EU Ministers To Hold Emergency Meeting On Migrant Crisis -- Radio Free Europe
German, Austrian Leaders Urge EU Summit to Address Migrant Crisis -- WSJ
This is what Germany’s reinstated border checks look like -- Washington Post
Google Trends Visualizes The European Migration Crisis -- Forbes
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