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| Refugee crisis: Hungary may deploy military to southern border, says PM Viktor Orban | Refugee crisis: Hungary may deploy military to southern border, says PM Viktor Orban |
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| Hungary could deploy its military along its southern border to stem the influx of refugees, Viktor Orban, the country's prime minister, has said. | Hungary could deploy its military along its southern border to stem the influx of refugees, Viktor Orban, the country's prime minister, has said. |
| Mr Orban said that police would be deployed after the 15 September and that military units could follow if parliament approves the proposal. | Mr Orban said that police would be deployed after the 15 September and that military units could follow if parliament approves the proposal. |
| "We'll bring the border under control step by step," he said. "We'll send in the police, then, if we get approval from parliament, we'll deploy the military." | "We'll bring the border under control step by step," he said. "We'll send in the police, then, if we get approval from parliament, we'll deploy the military." |
| He said the proposed move was because there was a potentially "endless" number of migrants and refugees heading for Europe. | He said the proposed move was because there was a potentially "endless" number of migrants and refugees heading for Europe. |
| Hundreds of refugees have set out on foot for the Austrian border (Reuters) Mr Orban was quoted by Reuters as saying: "It's not 150,000 [migrants and refugees] that some want to divide according to quotas, it's not 500,000, a figure that I heard in Brussels, it's millions, then tens of millions, because the supply of immigrants is endless." | |
| Hungary has faced days of tension with thousands of refugees attempting to cross the country to reach other parts of Europe. | Hungary has faced days of tension with thousands of refugees attempting to cross the country to reach other parts of Europe. |
| The authorities eventually opted to bus the refugees to the Western border with Austria, after Austria and Germany said that they would accept them. | The authorities eventually opted to bus the refugees to the Western border with Austria, after Austria and Germany said that they would accept them. |
| Migrants rest on the side of a road as they head towards Hungary's border with Austria (Reuters) The government said the bus rides were a one-off, but hundreds of refugees continued to arrive in Budapest on Saturday, many setting out on foot for the Austrian border, just as others had a day earlier. | |
| Amid the refugee crisis, the Hungarian prime minister has previously indicated he plans to send military to his country's border with Serbia, where a 100-mile long fence is already under construction. | Amid the refugee crisis, the Hungarian prime minister has previously indicated he plans to send military to his country's border with Serbia, where a 100-mile long fence is already under construction. |
| He has also several times antagonised his European colleagues over the crisis, claiming that it should be seen as a "German problem" since the majority of migrants want to settle in Germany, due, at least in part, to Germany's willingness to accept them. | |
| (Additional reporting by agencies) | (Additional reporting by agencies) |