Soldiers in Hungary Begin Building Fence to Stop Migrants

Hungarian soldiers started building a fence Monday on the border with Serbia, an effort meant to stop the rising flow of migrants trying to enter the European Union

Members of the Hungarian defense force are building a fence at the Hungarian-Serbian border in Asotthalom, 184 km southeast of Budapest, Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. Gergely Zoltan Kelemen/MTI via AP

ASOTTHALOM, Hungary—Hungarian soldiers started building a fence Monday on the border with Serbia, an effort meant to stop the rising flow of migrants trying to enter the European Union.

On the outskirts of the southern village of Asotthalom, soldiers were using heavy machinery to drive metal rods into the ground, the first steps in the construction of the nearly 4-meter (13-foot) high fence, which the government wants to finish by Aug. 31 along the 175-kilometer (109-mile border).

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