Migrants Protest At Serbia-Hungary Border

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دوشنبه 4 اسد 1395 ساعت 12:34 نوشته شده توسط AP

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A group of migrants and asylum seekers who set off on a protest march toward Serbia's border with Hungary on Friday, continued their walk on Sunday after being unable to board a bus.

They vowed to keep on walking until they reach the border, where they said they want to ask European leaders why their borders have been closed to those fleeing war and poverty.

Some 300 mostly young men and boys from Afghanistan and Pakistan started marching Friday from the Serbian capital, Belgrade, toward the Hungarian border, 200 kms away.

Faced with scorching heat, many gave up along the way.

One Afghan migrant, Mohammad Amin, 19, said: "This is a little message for the big European Union leaders, I will go to the border and stay, I ask them 'please, why did you close the border?' and this is (we are) refugees not terrorists, and other refugees especially me tried three times to cross the border. Hungarian border police grabbed me and beat the refugees, dogs, spray and sticks, electric shocks and asked me to go back, go back (to) Serbia."

Andrius Slavuckis, a Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) logistics coordinator, said: "They arrived last night, early moing to Subotica. They slept somewhere in Palic, as far as I know and then from there, they started walking in the moing and we met them here around 12 o'clock . So, since then we are just looking at their condition, and seeing if anybody needs some medical support. Generally, they are in quite good shape."

Hungary recently strengthened anti-migrant controls on its southe border, admitting about 30 people a day, mostly families with small children, and pushing back those caught trying to cross illegally.

Hundreds of migrants are staying in makeshift camps along the border with almost no facilities.

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