How do you stop migrants? In Hungary, with ‘border hunters.’
Migrants cross through a hole in a barbed-wire fence as they run into the forest at the Hungarian-Serbian border near Roszke on Sept. 10, 2015 . (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images)
By Anthony Faiola October 1 at 9:08 PM
GYOR, Hungary — During a recruiting fair at a police proving ground here, a gaggle of teenagers ogled a display of machine guns, batons and riot gear. A glossy flier held out the promise of rugged patrols in 4x4s, super-cool equipment to detect body heat, night-vision goggles and migrant-sniffing dogs.
Because that’s how Hungary’s new “border hunters” roll.
This nation that once sat behind the Iron Curtain is offering a rare glimpse into a world where the build-a-wall mentality to keep migrants out rules the land. On Sunday, Hungarians will cast ballots in a national referendum on European Union quotas for accepting asylum seekers, with polls showing an overwhelming majority of likely voters poised to reject them.
They may as well hang a sign at the border, critics say: Welcome to Hungary — the mi
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