Deutsche Welle: Hungary fires tear gas, water cannons to hold back refugees
Police in Hungary's Roszke border crossing have fired tear gas and water cannons to scatter asylum seekers wanting to cross over from Serbia. Budapest has closed down its borders to keep new arrivals out.
Hundreds of riot police tried to repel migrants attempting to break through a razor-wire fence from Serbia into Hungary on Wednesday. Budapest meanwhile informed Serbia that it had temporarily closed the Roszke-Horgos border crossing for 30 days, Serbia's foreign ministry said in a statement.
Roszke-Horgos is one of the main crossings between Serbia and Hungary, a member of the European Union and a signatory of the Schengen agreement, which allows for free movement without border checks. Hungary locked down the border on Tuesday to prevent people from crossing illegally.
"The crowd on the Serbian side became aggressive and threw stones, bottles and sticks at police on the Hungarian side and crossed the barrier at the border," a police statement said. "The police is protecting the border of Hungary and the EU while respecting the law and the principle of proportionality," the statement added. There were also reports of helicopters flying overhead.
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