Hungarian Police Seal Off Border At Röszke
- 15 Sep 2015 9:04 AM
Police sealed off the borders at Röszke crossing point on the border with Serbia at 4.30 pm on Monday. The section of the border in question is the point most affected by illegal migrants coming from Serbia. Migrants will no longer be allowed through the point where the Szeged-Subotica railway line intersects the joint border and the border fence. Through this gap in the barrier, thousands of migrants entered the country every day
In the future, they will be returned to Serbia. The border fence was being completed with razor wire. Police were monitoring the area with helicopters and mounted police were also present.
The authorities prepared a train wagon fitted with a razor-wire frame to block the border on the Szeged-Horgos railway line, a favoured crossing point for migrants. 
This part was not sealed off earlier due to ongoing cross-border train services which were suspended in late August.
This affected services between Szeged on the Hungarian and Subotica (Szabadka) on the Serbian side.
The train carriage is used as a temporary measure before a mobile gate is built. Police were allowing in small groups of migrants into the country.
A law on tightening up border protection controls came into force at midnight.
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