Hungary's parliament could approve next week deploying troops to stem the flow of "increasingly aggressive" migrants crossing from Serbia, under ruling party proposals announced Wednesday.
The ruling Fidesz party wants to "make possible the use of the army for tasks related to border defence and migration," said Szilard Nemeth, a senior party figure and deputy head of the National Security parliamentary committee.
"Illegal migrants are becoming increasingly aggressive, we cannot tolerate what happened in Roszke, we cannot accept this aggression," he told a news conference.
His remarks came several hours after police fired teargas at the Roszke migrant centre near the Serbian border when some 200 migrants refused to be fingerprinted and tried to leave, police said.
The vote could be held as early as September 3 or 4, when an extraordinary parliamentary session is scheduled to vote on criminalising illegal border-crossing and vandalising Hungary's new border barrier.
Headed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Fidesz has a commanding majority in parliament.
Before the vote, the proposal must first be approved by a parliamentary committee early next week.
Nemeth did not say how many troops would be deployed or what their exact role would be.
Hungary's right-wing government is also attempting to stem the influx of migrants by erecting a barrier along its border with Serbia.
EU member Hungary has become a major entry point for the large numbers of migrants trying to reach the bloc via the western Balkans, with 140,630 people intercepted so far this year.
The daily number has leaped from 150 in early 2015 to more than 2,000 this month, hitting a record 2,500 on Tuesday, among them more than 500 children.
Most are from Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan and for the most part want to travel onwards to western Europe.
Hungary’s parliament could approve next week deploying troops to stem the flow of “increasingly aggressive” migrants crossing from Serbia, under ruling party proposals announced Wednesday.
The ruling Fidesz party wants to “make possible the use of the army for tasks related to border defence and migration,” said Szilard Nemeth, a senior party figure and deputy head of the National Security parliamentary committee.
“Illegal migrants are becoming increasingly aggressive, we cannot tolerate what happened in Roszke, we cannot accept this aggression,” he told a news conference.
His remarks came several hours after police fired teargas at the Roszke migrant centre near the Serbian border when some 200 migrants refused to be fingerprinted and tried to leave, police said.
The vote could be held as early as September 3 or 4, when an extraordinary parliamentary session is scheduled to vote on criminalising illegal border-crossing and vandalising Hungary’s new border barrier.
Headed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Fidesz has a commanding majority in parliament.
Before the vote, the proposal must first be approved by a parliamentary committee early next week.
Nemeth did not say how many troops would be deployed or what their exact role would be.
Hungary’s right-wing government is also attempting to stem the influx of migrants by erecting a barrier along its border with Serbia.
EU member Hungary has become a major entry point for the large numbers of migrants trying to reach the bloc via the western Balkans, with 140,630 people intercepted so far this year.
The daily number has leaped from 150 in early 2015 to more than 2,000 this month, hitting a record 2,500 on Tuesday, among them more than 500 children.
Most are from Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan and for the most part want to travel onwards to western Europe.
