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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