Hungary starts construction of second border fence


  • World
  • Monday, 27 Feb 2017

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has begun building a second line of fence along its southern border with Serbia, a government spokesman said on Monday, a move likely to exacerbate criticism from some of the country's European Union partners.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban's right-wing government considers migration to be one of the largest threats to the status quo in the EU. But officials in Brussels and some other EU centres are distressed by some of his go-it-alone policies.

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