PICTURES: Migrants Riot At Hungary Border

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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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Migrants hold up a sign spelling out the name of the architect of this mess: German Chancellor Angela Merkel

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Face off: Migrants vs Hungarian Law Enforcement

 

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One of the few children in amongst the fray, kept close to danger by his family

 

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They’re not all Syrian “refugees”…

 

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A fire started by the migrants burns out

 

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The police line

 

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Migrants tied clothes around their faces to protect from tear gas and intimidate

 

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One man takes a load off by the fire

 

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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)

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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Just inches between the police and the rioting migrants

 

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The world’s media looks on at the angry men, but these are pictures you rarely see

 

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A child gets tear gassed, but water can worsen the experience

 

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)

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)

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Huge rocks were hurled at the police line all day

 

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A bottle is thrown at the police

 

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A rainbow forms as water cannon pushes away the rioting migrants

 

A migrant reacts after Hungarian riot police use water cannon to push back migrants (ARMEND NIMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

A migrant reacts after Hungarian riot police use water cannon to push back migrants (ARMEND NIMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

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A man strikes a pose for the cameras

 

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What used to be a functioning border crossing is now a sealed off war zone

 

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Some migrants braved the water cannon experience

 

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)

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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