MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Police in the southern Hungarian village of Roszke fired tear gas at refugees gathered at a reception center Wednesday, local media reported.
The Magyar Nemzet Online publication cited a correspondent saying tensions were possibly exacerbated by the presence of the media in Roszke, the major border crossing into Serbia.
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Other outlets claimed Hungarian police fired the tear gas at a crowd of up to 400 migrants for a brief period to contain the crowd.
Hungary is one of several European Union members coping with an unprecedented number of people fleeing crises in the Middle East, North and Sub-Saharan Africa this year.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced previously that the construction of a fence to prevent undocumented immigrants from entering the country would be finished later this month.