VIDEO: Migrant crisis: Hungarian army stages border protection

Hungary’s army has begun exercises to prepare for a possible future role in guarding the southern border to try to stem the influx of migrants.

VIDEO: Migrant crisis: Hungarian army stages border protection

Budapest plans to send soldiers to help police at the border where thousands of migrants arrive from Serbia everyday.

A new razor wire barrier is already been built along the frontier. MP’s are expected to vote on stricter border controls later this month.

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