First Migrant Arrested at Closed Hungary Border as New Laws Kick In

THE TELEGRAPH: A group of Syrian men are the first migrants to be arrested at Hungary's border after new laws were brought in to criminalise attempting to cross into the country illegally

Hungarian authorities have made their first arrests of migrants for violating strict border rules that were recently introduced.

Three men, believed to be Syrian, have been arrested for illegally crossing from Serbia into Hungary under a wire fence at the border town of Roszke.

They were quickly apprehended by Hungarian police.

New laws introduced to deal with the influx of migrants and refugees from countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa made it a criminal offence, punishable by prison or deportation, to damage Hungary's newly erected border defences. (+ video) » | Vin Shahrestani, and agencies, video source APTN | Tuesday, September 15, 2015