Foreign Minister Paolo
Gentiloni said Thursday that Hungary's behaviour to migrants "is
unacceptable behaviour because you can't take the good that
comes to you from Europe, like extraordinary funds, the
contributions and subsidies, and then refuse to contribute to
solidarity programmes".
Gentiloni added: "If I have to make a prediction I don't
think the current Hungarian position is sustainable in the long
term because, as I repeat, you can't choose what you like from
Europe and refuse the rest".
Hungary said Thursday it might accept migrant quotas if a
new EU force was set up to control borders, reinforcing Frontex.
Hungarian officials also said the alleged leader of a riot
by migrants at a closed border crossing with Serbia has been
detained and is suspected of "terrorism."
Government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said Thursday that the
unidentified Syrian man was "one of the organizers who
specifically directed the attacks" Wednesday afternoon when
hundreds of migrants on the Serbian side tried to break through
the border and threw rocks and other objects at Hungarian
police.
The migrants were repelled with tear gas and water cannons
and police used batons to drive back those trying to enter
Hungary.
Police detained 22 people who managed to break through,
including the man who Kovacs said was suspected of "carrying out
of an act of terrorism."
The chief editor of one of Sweden's largest newspapers
says one of its photographers was knocked to the ground by
police using clubs and tear gas in Hungary while covering the
huge number of people moving across Europe.
Thomas Mattsson, of tabloid Expressen, on Thursday told
Hungary's ambassador to Sweden, Lilla Makkay, that what happened
to photographer Meli Petersson Ellafi a day earlier was
"unacceptable."
Croatia's government has formed a crisis body to deal with
thousands of migrants pouring into the country from Serbia after
Hungary sealed its border.
More than 5,000 people have entered the country in just one
day, straining the authorities who scrambled to keep control
over the situation.
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