Hungary uses Lebanese ads to warn off migrants

He subsequently granted the Hungarian army additional powers to deal with the crisis. “Hungary will not allow illegal immigrants to cross its territory”, the advertisement said in both English and Arabic.

MTI reported that Lebanon’s population is 4.5 million, while 1.1 million Syrian refugees have been registered in the country.

A Hungarian police officer looks for migrants crossing the border from Croatia in the village of Zakany, Hungary, Sunday, September 20, 2015.

People fleeing violence and poverty in the Middle East, Asia and Africa are rushing from one European border to the next as they desperately try to find a way north.

In Turkey overnight, about 700 mainly Syrians who waited at Istanbul’s main bus station for a week after authorities suspended ticket sales to the northwestern town of Edirne, set out to walk the 150 mile distance to the town, near the Greek border, in an effort to reach Europe, Agence France-Presse reported.

Hungary’s ads were not the first.

The Danish ministry responsible for migration issues published similar advertisements in Lebanese papers this month, in an attempt to inform readers that Copenhagen had reduced social aid for refugees by 50%, the news agency said.

It warned that migrants whose applications were rejected would be deported immediately.

He says that if more refugee children enroll in schools, this may stem the flow of migrants from the region to Europe. “If there was funding, we would hope that would go up to 300,000″ students, she told The Associated Press.

Gabriel, who was to start a visit to Jordan on Monday, said wealthy Gulf states “aren’t paying” and suggested the United States could contribute more.