Skyrocketing tensions in Europe over the migrant emergency. Angela Merkel today defined the attack carried out by neo-Nazis on the reception center of Heidenau as "shameful", the city near Dresden where a structure that houses 600 asylum seekers was targeted by the violence of right-wing extremists. In a speech given in Heidenau, the German chancellor also said that the immigration emergency must be tackled "all together" and that there will be "zero tolerance" for anyone who denies human dignity to migrants. Previously, Merkel had been challenged by far-right German protesters.
Meanwhile, the Hungarian government is considering using the army to protect the country's southern border. "The Hungarian government and the cabinet of national security have discussed the question of how the army can be used to help protect the Hungarian border and the borders of the EU," explained spokesman Zoltan Kovacs. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has convened the Security Council to decide on new measures.
In Hungary, moreover, clashes between police and migrants took place in a reception center in the border area of Röszke. According to the images broadcast by Hungarian TV, the agents intervened with tear gas to appease the unrest. The police allegedly rounded up 300-400 migrants by addressing them through a megaphone. Just to put a stop to the exodus of migrants on the border between Serbia and Hungary, the Hungarian police chief announced that over 2.100 agents will be sent to the country's border with Serbia, where a record number of migrants flock to enter the territory of European Union.
