Soldiers Place A Barbed wire Near Morahalom

 

Hungarian soldiers place a barbed wire near Morahalom, Hungary, Thursday, July 16, 2015. A fence on Hungary's border with Serbia to stem the flow of migrants and refugees will be
complete by Nov. 30, the Hungarian defense minister said Thursday. Csaba Hende said that 900 people would work to install the fence, which is planned to be 4 meters (13 feet) high along the 175-kilometer (109-mile) border between Hungary and Serbia

The Hungarian government says it expects up to 300,000 migrants to reach the country this year, around twice its earlier estimate.

Nearly 90,000 migrants have come to Hungary so far in 2015. Most continue on to other parts of the European Union. Janos Lazar, head of the Prime Minister's Office, said Tuesday "Hungary has become one of the countries most exposed to illegal migration." He said the fence the country is creating on the southern border with Serbia to stem the flow of migrants "needs to be built in the shortest term possible."