Hungary takes a tough stance on the Muslim migrants

European Union law requires that asylum seekers apply for it in the first member country they reach, here Hungary.

Hungary sought to protect its borders against the Muslim migrants by erecting fences reinforced with razor wire, but that hasn't stopped them.

Hundreds of Muslims have now demonstrated outside Budapest's Keleti train station, demanding they be allowed to travel on to Germany, as the biggest ever influx of migrants into the European Union left its 'asylum' policies in tatters.

Rows of riot police officers tried to contain the crowd and the station was shut down under the strain of the influx of migrants trying to travel to Germany from Hungary. Train services were later restored, but no migrants were allowed back into the station.

The Hungarian government plans to pass new laws to criminalize the act of illegal crossing of its borders.

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