Migrant deaths on land and at sea strengthen calls for change in Europe; Migration crisis received wide coverage in today’s media. M1, STORY4, TV2, Metropol, Népszava, Magyar Hírlap, Napi Gazdaság, Népszabadság and Magyar Nemzet reports migration tragedies on land and at sea. All resources report the death of 71 people in Austria, suffocated after being locked in the back of a truck, and the tragedy of more than a hundred people whose bodies have been discovered off the coast of one of Libya’s main people-smuggling hubs, after the boat carrying refugees sank. The mounting death toll on land and sea forced governments to respond. According to Magyar Hírlap and Napi Gazdaság, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that EU’s policy regarding the migration issues failed, and the countries should decide themselves their asylum policy. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said "Europe needs to stop being moved and start moving," and would forge a single European policy on asylum, reports Lánchíd Rádió, Népszava, Metropol and Magyar Hírlap. According to Népszabadság, Austria's Minister of the Interior Johanna Mikl-Leitner said the solution is to find legal ways of allowing migrants to enter Europe. Népszabadság and Napi Gazdaság reports that UK Home Secretary Theresa May said that freedom of movement of persons meant primarily the freedom to move to a job, not the freedom to cross borders to look for work or claim benefits. According to MR1, RTL, Magyar Hírlap, Napi Gazdaság, Népszava, Népszabadság and Magyar Nemzet, Hungarian government is not pleased with EU’s asylum policy and is planning to tighten laws on migration, and to set up transit zones at border-crossing zones for holding refugees near Serbia. ATV, Index, HÍRTV, Magyar Nemzet and Magyar Hírlap reports that France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called it scandalous how some Eastern European countries are behaving in the current refugee crisis, and criticized Hungary’s wire fence on the Serbian border in particular. Magyar Hírlap, Népszava, Napi Gazdaság, Magyar Nemzet reports that Hungarian goverment’s migrant policy resulted angry scenes in Hungary as crowds of migrants and refugees were prevented from boarding trains they hoped would take them on from Hungary toward Western Europe.

Migrant deaths on land and at sea strengthen calls for change in Europe; Migration crisis received wide coverage in today’s media. M1, STORY4, TV2, Metropol, Népszava, Magyar Hírlap, Napi Gazdaság, Népszabadság and Magyar Nemzet reports migration tragedies on land and at sea. All resources report the death of 71 people in Austria, suffocated after being locked in the back of a truck, and the tragedy of more than a hundred people whose bodies have been discovered off the coast of one of Libya’s main people-smuggling hubs, after the boat carrying refugees sank. The mounting death toll on land and sea forced governments to respond. According to STORY4 and Magyar Nemzet, German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggest more solidarity from the EU. Britain, France and Germany urge EU to set up migrant reception centres in frontline countries such as Italy and Greece, 444, Kisalföld and Magyar Hírlap reports. According to Magyar Hírlap and Napi Gazdaság, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that EU’s policy regarding the migration issues failed, and the countries should decide themselves their asylum policy. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Europe needs to stop being moved and start moving, and would forge a single European policy on asylum, reports Lánchíd Rádió, Népszava, Metropol and Magyar Hírlap. According to Népszabadság, Austria's Minister of the Interior Johanna Mikl-Leitner said the solution is to find legal ways of allowing migrants to enter Europe. Origo, Magyar Hírlap and Napi Gazdaság reports that State Premier of Brandenburg Dietmar Woidke expects 1 million migrants to arrive to Germany. Mr. Woidke suggested the federal government should cover the costs of housing and try to speed up the processing of refugees. Népszabadság and Napi Gazdaság reports that UK Home Secretary Theresa May said that freedom of movement of persons meant primarily the freedom to move to a job, not the freedom to cross borders to look for work or claim benefits. Hungarian government is not pleased with EU’s asylum policy and it is planning to tighten laws on migration, and also to set up transit zones at border-crossing zones for

holding refugees near Serbia, reports MR1, RTL, Magyar Hírlap, Napi Gazdaság, Népszava, Népszabadság and Magyar Nemzet. These zones will be open toward Serbia, but entry into Hungary will not be allowed until these procedures are finished, according to Gergely Gulyás, ruling Fidesz party MP. Mr. Gulyás added that crossing the border in an illicit manner will be a crime from the middle of September and will be sanctioned. Mr. Gulyás also mentioned the creation of a new legal term: crisis situation resulting from mass immigration. RTL, Metrolopol, Magyar Hírlap, ATV and Magyar Nemzet reports that the fence that will separate Hungary from Serbia in order to block illegals from entering the country is almost finished, though the amount of the migrants crossing the coutry remains the same. According to the ruling party, the fence will be effective after finished building a 3,5 meters high fence (already in progress), and after tightening migrant laws and is actually defending the interests of Western Europe. ATV, Index, HÍRTV, Magyar Nemzet and Magyar Hírlap adds that France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called it scandalous how some Eastern European countries are behaving in the current refugee crisis, and criticized Hungary’s wire fence on the Serbian border in particular. Magyar Hírlap, Népszava, Napi Gazdaság, Magyar Nemzet reports that Hungarian goverment’s migrant policy resulted angry scenes in Hungary as crowds of migrants and refugees were prevented from boarding trains they hoped would take them on from Hungary toward Western Europe.