Hungarian police have fired tear gas as hundreds of migrants broke through the new razor wire fence along the Serbian border.
Some 1,500 migrants who want travel through Hungary are now blocked by the fence, with tensions boiling over around 3pm local time this afternoon. Police used tear gas and water cannon as the migrants threw bricks and rocks at them.
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One of the few children in amongst the fray, kept close to danger by his family
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A fire started by the migrants burns out
The police line
Migrants tied clothes around their faces to protect from tear gas and intimidate
One man takes a load off by the fire
A lone shoe in front of the police line, projectiles were hurled at them all day
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A migrant hurls a projectile at the police line
Hungarian riot police fire pepper spray as they repel an attempt by migrants to break the border post gate and pull down the razor wire fence (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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A migrant reacts during clashes with Hungarian riot police who used water cannon and pepper spray to push back migrants at the Hungarian border with Serbia near the town of Horgos (ARMEND NIMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
Huge rocks were hurled at the police line all day
A bottle is thrown at the police
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A migrant reacts after Hungarian riot police use water cannon to push back migrants (ARMEND NIMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Hungarian riot police use pepper spray to push back migrants at the Hungarian border with Serbia near the town of Horgos (ARMEND NIMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
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