National media show the wire deployed by the Magyar authorities in the town of Horgos, near the northern Serbian city of Subotica, and the heavy police and military presence, which added on Tuesday the closure of airspace in the area Budapest decreed for non-commercial flights.
Live images of a Belgrade TV station highlighted the concentration of people at the border point, coming from Iraq, Syria and other states in that region, and the strong Hungarian military presence that prevents the passage.
For its part, the Tanjug news agency reported from the Serbian side that this morning a group of refugees crossed the barriers and 16 of them were immediately arrested by the police, with which they become the first over which will be applied new much tougher restrictive measures.
In the new regulations, in force since last night, is established a penalty of up to three years in prison for people who illegally cross the Hungarian border.
According to the latest official data of Budapest, yesterday was established an illegal entry record of 9,380.
On the issue, the Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Issues in Serbia, Aleksandar Vulin, stated that his country will not close its borders as a result of an increased wave of refugees and along the boundary with Hungary will establish small dimensions shelters with temporary character.
He added that those who failed to go to Hungary and are in no-man's-land could return to Serbia and stay in reception centers while those who entered the neighboring country will not be accepted back.
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