IRC head calls Hungarian police tactics on border appalling

Some people have attempted to breach the border, even though Hungary’s right-wing government has promised to arrest and deport migrants who enter the country without permission.

A Reuters reporter in Röszke said hundreds of riot police, backed by special anti-terrorist units with armoured vehicles and water cannon, advanced towards a crowd of refugees.

That reflects the possibility that migrants now streaming into Austria from Hungary could instead try to cross into Austria over those borders in large numbers.

“We’ll wait here for six years if we have to”, he said.

The refugees are unable to enter Hungary as three rows of riot police are blocking their way.

The task force, led by Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic, was comprised with deputy or assistant ministers from the ministries of welfare, foreign affairs, labour, and health, as well as the director of the State Protection and Rescue Department, government spokesman Nikola Jelic said. “There are lots of people thinking of going through Croatia or Romanian”.

Hungarian police use tear gas at the “Horgos 2″ border crossing into Hungary, near Horgos, Serbia, Wednesday, September 16, 2015.

The migrants, who were intercepted near Tovarnik, by the Serbian border, were taken to a registration center outside Zagreb, where they could get treatment and assistance.

“This new route is a challenging one”.

Croatia was discussing with other countries for help when the migrants increase, according to Pusic. Spokeswoman Melissa Fleming declined to name any countries or suggest any possible route, but added: “It’s going to be just as much a struggle as it has been for Macedonia and Greece“.

“These people are here, they want to work, to create”. “They will be able to pass through Croatia and we are working intensively to enable that”.

The Facebook site, called “Dear Refugees: Welcome to Croatia”, said, in English and Arabic: “If you’re about to make the trip to Europe through Croatia please read here”.

While lauding German leadership in tackling Europe’s migrant crisis, the former British foreign secretary said that Hungary’s decision to erect a razor-wire fence to stop the influx of migrants was “misguided and short-sighted, and when it’s combined with bullyboy tactics it’s obviously appalling”.

Underlining the dangers of the journey the refugees face, Croatia has warned of the dangers posed to them by landmines left over from the Balkan wars of the 1990s.