Hungary closes down a key border crossing from Serbia overnight leaving thousands of migrants stranded. Many spent the night in the open at the border crossing in Horgos. The Hungarian Government has declared a state of emergency to cope with the influx of refugees, as almost 10,000 people were detained for illegally crossing the border from Serbia.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has indicated that asylum requests from refugees trying to enter Hungary from Serbia will be rejected, because Serbia is a safe country where refugees do not risk war or persecution. Over 200,000 refugees have reached Hungary so far in 2015, nearly all by walking across the southern border with Serbia.

About Refugee Crisis:

• More than 19 million people have been forced to flee their home countries because of war, persecution, and oppression, and every day an estimated 42,500 more join them.
• The biggest driver of the crisis by far is Syria. Four million people, nearly a fifth of Syria’s population, have fled the country since the war began in 2011.
•  the world’s wealthiest countries have steadfastly refused to accept more than the barest possible minimum of the world’s refugees.
• European Union rule called the Dublin Regulation, which requires refugees to stay in the first European country they arrive in until their asylum claims are processed.
•  Hungary had emerged as center of a refugee crisis which had erupted after an unprecedented number of people from various countries started relocating to European Countries for seeking refuge and better life conditions.

  Some G.K. Related Question:

• What is the Capital of Hungary?
• – Budapest
• What is the Currency of Hungary?
• – Forint