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Hungary to Close Transit Zones After European Court Ruling

Hungary's government announced that it was closing down the controversial transit zones in Röszke and Tompa. The announcement came after the European Court of Justice, ECJ, ruled that asylum-seekers may not be detained longer than 28 days in transit zones. Some of them have been detained there for 300 or even 400 days.

Photographers snap images of what migrants leave behind on their journey to hope (pics)

Photographer Anna Pantelia told CNN that she started noticing the objects on the beach that migrants leave behind as they rush into Europe. Little items like pacifiers, cigarettes, cell phones are either lost, thrown away or no longer needed. Each of the abandoned items has its own story to tell.

Hungary Uses Tear Gas to Disperse Migrants at Border with Serbia

Clashes broke out between Hungarian riot police and migrants trying to break through the country's closed border with Serbia on Wednesday.

Hundreds of people gathered at the closed border crossing near Horgos in Serbia and pelted Hungarian police on the other side of the border in Roszke with plastic water bottles and stones.

Bulgaria Warns Citizens Against Travel Through Hungary

Bulgaria has warned its citizens to avoid travel by train or road through the territory of Hungary due to concentration of refugees at the country's borders with Austria and Serbia.

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry recommended to use alternative routes through Romania and Slovakia or via Serbia and Slovenia.

Hungary moves to secure border with more men, dogs, gas

Hungary has outlined plans to send the army, mounted police and dogs to its southern border to confront record numbers of migrants streaming into the European Union, many fleeing war in Syria. 

Unrest flared briefly at a crowded reception center in the border region of Roszke, with a police spokesman saying tear gas had been fired.