EU: Visegrad Group: Anti-migrant force builds in Europe, hurting Merkel's quest

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"So where should the next impenetrable razor-wire border fence in Europe be built?

Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban thinks he knows the best place - on Macedonia's and Bulgaria's borders with Greece - smack along the main immigration route from the Middle East to Western Europe. He says it's necessary because "Greece can't defend Europe from the south" against the large numbers of refugees pouring in, mainly from Syria and Iraq."


See: Anti-migrant force builds in Europe, hurting Merkel's quest (AP, link)

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