Serbia ‘Shocked’ by Hungary’s Plans to Build Border Fence

Hungary’s plans to build a fence along the border with Serbia to stop a flow of migrants reaching the country

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 2, 2015, migrants getting on the train for Northern Serbian town of Subotica, near the Hungarian border, in Belgrade, Serbia. AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic

BELGRADE, Serbia—Hungary’s plans to build a fence along the border with Serbia to stop a flow of migrants reaching the country were met with criticism both in the Balkans and the European Union on Thursday, with the Serbian prime minister saying he was “shocked and surprised” by the project that could isolate his country.

Aleksandar Vucic said “walls and fences” are not a solution for the crisis that has seen tens of thousands of migrants from the Middle East and Africa crossing the western Balkans, trying to reach the European Union as they flee wars and poverty in their home countries.

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