Now Hungary bolsters border police with RIOT GEAR and sniffer dogs to keep out migrants
HUNGARY is recruiting 3,000 “hunters" to patrol its borders in 4x4s, armed with riot gear, night-vision googles and sniffer dogs in an effort to keep out migrants.
The newly-stationed police will support the 10,000 officers and soldiers who already patrol Hungary's borders.
Prime minister Viktor Orban aims to have the border hunters in place by May and is currently spearheading a recruitment campaign which welcomes applications from anyone over the age of 18 who can pass the physical and psychological tests.
Hungary does not need a single migrant for the economy to work or the population to sustain itself or for the country to have a future
The notoriously right wing politician said: “Hungary does not need a single migrant for the economy to work or the population to sustain itself or for the country to have a future."
He added: "Every single migrant poses a public security and terror risk.”
The number of migrants reaching Hungary's border with Serbia is estimated to be around 200 per day.
Border hunters will patrol the 110-mile razor wire fence the Hungarian government erected last year along the border with Serbia.
The announcement of Mr Orban's recruitment of border hunters comes after the result of Hungary's referendum on EU migrant quotas was revealed.
A whopping 92.3 percent of Hungarian voters rejected EU quotas, but Mr Orban has faced criticism for his immigration policies, which opponents have labelled as "racist".
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Hungarian Helsinki Committee Co-chair, said: “They have launched this extremely vile campaign to portray migrants as rapists and terrorists who can only be stopped if we put up walls to protect our Christian identity.
“To them, it doesn’t matter that it’s not true what they’re saying. They have created a great opportunity for racists."
Despite the high percentage of voters rejecting EU migrant quotas, the result of the referendum cannot become law as the turnout was just 42 percent, which is below 50 per cent threshold required to make the referendum valid in Hungarian law.