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Activists protest Hungary's anti-immigrant fence being built on Serbian border

Associated Press
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    Members of the Migration Solidarity Group of Hungary (MIGSZOL) demonstrate in front of St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. The group are protesting against the anti-migrant fence being built along the border with Serbia. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP) (The Associated Press)

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    Members of the Migration Solidarity Group of Hungary (MIGSZOL) demonstrate in front of St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. The group are protesting against the anti-migrant fence being built along the border with Serbia. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP) (The Associated Press)

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    Members of the Migration Solidarity Group of Hungary (MIGSZOL) demonstrate in front of St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. The group are protesting against the anti-migrant fence being built along the border with Serbia. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP) (The Associated Press)

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Protesters called on the Hungarian government to abandon construction of an anti-immigrant fence of the border with Serbia and provide more support to refugees seeking asylum in the European Union.

About 800 people took part in Tuesday's protest, some breaking through a makeshift barrier set up outside parliament as a symbol of their opposition to the 4-meter (13-foot) high fence which the government starting building this week.

Activist Amy Rodgers from MigSzol, an organization which assists migrants and refugees, asked the Hungarian government to open more refugee camps and on the EU to create legal ways for refugees to reach Europe.

Around 80,000 migrants and refugees have reached Hungary so far in this year. Most request asylum but leave for richer EU countries before their claims are settled.