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Hungary has become a battle ground as the country tries to shut its borders to the tide of refugees hoping to enter the European Union.
Hungary has declared a state of emergency in two southern counties and has imposed novel anti-migration laws on the refugees desperate to cross from Serbia into the country. Officials have announced that anyone who crosses illegally will faces charges,leaving hundreds strandedLyse Doucet, chief international correspondent for the BBC, or reports from the Serbia-Hungary border. She joins The Takeaway with the stories of migrants hoping to cross into the E.
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Zoltan Kovacs,the government spokesman in the office of the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, explains why the Hungarian government has closed its borders.
Source: wnyc.org