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| Police in Hungary say they have rounded up nearly 10,000 refugees who were attempting to cross over the border from Serbia, the highest daily figure so far this year. | Police in Hungary say they have rounded up nearly 10,000 refugees who were attempting to cross over the border from Serbia, the highest daily figure so far this year. |
| Authorities blocked off the main unofficial border crossing point used by migrants late on Monday evening forcing hundreds of migrants to spend the night in the open. | Authorities blocked off the main unofficial border crossing point used by migrants late on Monday evening forcing hundreds of migrants to spend the night in the open. |
| They say they rounded up 9,380 men, women and children trying to get across the EU border. | They say they rounded up 9,380 men, women and children trying to get across the EU border. |
| Aid workers provided tents, food and water for around 500, mostly Syrian, refugees denied entry overnight. | Aid workers provided tents, food and water for around 500, mostly Syrian, refugees denied entry overnight. |
| The Hungarian government has warned most asylum seekers arriving in the country faced rejection and will be expelled back to Serbia. | The Hungarian government has warned most asylum seekers arriving in the country faced rejection and will be expelled back to Serbia. |
| It has become one of the major entry points into the EU for the desperate refugees fleeing conflict in the Middle East and Africa as Europe faces its worst refugee crisis in two decades. | It has become one of the major entry points into the EU for the desperate refugees fleeing conflict in the Middle East and Africa as Europe faces its worst refugee crisis in two decades. |
| It comes as Hungary nears completion of its 175km (110m) long razor wire border fence designed to keep migrants out. | It comes as Hungary nears completion of its 175km (110m) long razor wire border fence designed to keep migrants out. |
| A government spokesman, Zoltan Kovacs, said Hungary will “start a new era” shortly after midnight on the border just after it blocked the crossing point. | A government spokesman, Zoltan Kovacs, said Hungary will “start a new era” shortly after midnight on the border just after it blocked the crossing point. |
| He said: “We will stop the inflow of illegal migrants over our green borders.” | He said: “We will stop the inflow of illegal migrants over our green borders.” |
| Iraqi migrants being detained by Hungarian police on the border on Monday evening | |
| Police have recorded over 190,000 migrants entering Hungary so far this year. | Police have recorded over 190,000 migrants entering Hungary so far this year. |
| On Sunday, EU interior ministers failed to agree on how to redistribute the 120,000 refugees that have arrived in Italy, Greece and Hungary over the past year. | |
| Luxembourg's foreign minister, who chaired the meeting, said it would be "premature" for the European Council to take a decision. | |
| The ministers agreed that the relocation measures would be finalised by their next meeting in October but a special EU summit may need to be convened before the end of the month if a decision is not reached soon. | |
| Hungarian authorities say they detained nearly 10,000 migrants trying to cross the border on Monday night | |
| Other measures being considered include large internment camps in Italy and Greece as they are identified and have their asylum campaigns processed. | |
| It comes as Germany, which last week said it would take 500,000 refugees every year, triggered a "domino effect" by closing its border with Austria and ending two decades of frontier free travel between EU countries. | |
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| Additional reporting by Reuters | Additional reporting by Reuters |