“It does not matter whether someone has an official document or not; it does not matter what language they use to hand in a refugee application. If a refugee climbs onto the fence and says they are willing to hand in a refugee application, Hungary is bound by international laws to let the refugee in and start a procedure,” Gyulai said.

Hungary’s foreign minister Péter Szijjártó yesterday announced that the Hungarian government had instructed interior minister Sándor Pintér to start preparations for erecting a fence along the entire length of the Hungarian-Serbian border in order to combat the influx of immigrants into Hungary.