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ByBelaSzandelszky and Jovana Gec The Associated Press ROSZKE, HUNGARY Clam- bering over the razor- wire fence or crawling un- der it, migrants surged Wednesday across the Serbian border into Hun- gary. Then they jostled to formally enter the coun- try so they could quickly leave it, heading toward more prosperous Euro- pean Union nations on a desperate quest to escape war and poverty. In Roszke, a Hungarian border town, police used tear gas to break up a brief scuffle involving about 200 migrants requesting asy- lum, mostly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Po- lice said the migrants were growing impatient with registration delays. So far the Hungarian border fence — which is be- ing hastily built to keep the migrants out — consists of three layers of razor wire along the country's 174-ki- lometer (109-mile) border with Serbia. But it's hardly a formidable barrier. One group of migrants, including women and chil- dren, crawled under it Wednesday, using blankets, sleeping bags, jackets and a stick to raise the wire. As a police car approached, they dashed through a field. "(It's been) very, very dif- ficult," Odei, a Syrian mi- grant from Daraa, said once he reached Hungary. "We were here from yester- day. We are very hungry. There's no food, there's no medicine for the children, there's nothing. We are so tired." These migrants are fol- lowing the Balkans route, from Turkey to Greece by sea, up north to Macedo- nia by bus or foot, by train through Serbia and then walking the last few miles into EU member Hungary. That avoids the more dan- gerous Mediterranean Sea route from North Africa to Italy, where dozens of bod- ies were found Wednesday in the hull of a smugglers' boat that was rescued off Libya's northern coast. Once inside the 28-nation EU, most migrants seek to reach richer nations such as Germany, The Netherlands or Sweden. In Germany, however, far-right protesters booed and jeered Chancellor An- gela Merkel as she visited an asylum center Wednes- day in the eastern town of Heidenau that was the scene of weekend riots. Merkel urged Germans to stand up against hatred and vowed zero tolerance for at- tacks against refugees. "It's shameful and repul- sive what we experienced here," Merkel said. Over 10,000 migrants, in- cluding many women with babies and small children, have crossed into Serbia over the past few days and headed toward Hungary. On the Serbian side of the border, groups of migrants were camping or stroll- ing along the Hungarian fence Wednesday, looking for ways to beat it. An old blanket was thrown over it at one spot to cover the ra- zor wire, a hole was dug un- der it elsewhere. The migrants' goal is to cross without being spotted by Hungarian border po- lice so they will not be de- tained and sent to Hungar- ian asylum centers, where they are fingerprinted. The migrants don't want to go through the asylum pro- cess in financially strug- gling Hungary. "If I get fingerprinted in Hungary, I don't go to Ger- many," explained Abdul Majed, a 25-year-old lan- guage student from Syria. "We make fingerprints in Germany, so you will be a refugee in Germany, not in Hungary." Even when they are fin- gerprinted in Hungary, many still head north and west to wealthier countries. By Wednesday morning, 1,302 migrants had already been detained at Hunga- ry's southern border with Serbia, according to Kar- oly Papp, Hungary's na- tional police chief. Police said 2,533 migrants were detained Tuesday, up from 2,093 on Monday, with the numbers setting records nearly every day. Hungary is still scram- bling to react. Papp said over 2,100 police "border hunters" would be deployed beginning Sept. 15, with he- licopters, police dogs and patrols on horseback. Wa- ter cannons will also be sent to Szeged, the largest city in the region. Hungar- ian lawmakers next week will consider authorizing the government to use the armed forces to help with border security. "The organization, equip- ment and great mobility of the border guard units ... will decrease the security risks caused by the mas- sive illegal migration," Papp said. But the Council of Eu- rope's commissioner for human rights, Nils Muiznieks, criticized as "ill-advised" Hungary's and Bulgaria's plans to use the army to prevent asy- lum-seekers from cross- ing the border. "(The) militarization of borders is wrong answer to migration," he said on his Twitter account. "It is ur- gent to adopt a European response, which ensures ac- cess to asylum and humane reception conditions." Gabor Vona, head of Hungary's far-right Jobbik party, called for the deploy- ment of troops. "The only solution is if Hungary makes it clear for the international commu- nity, for Serbia, for the Eu- ropean Union that it has closed its borders. We will turn back everyone who shows up," Vona said at the border. The hard-hit nations of Greece, Italy and Hungary have urged other EU Euro- pean nations to do more to help share the heavy mi- grant burden, but some are refusing to do so because of strong anti-migrant senti- ment or budget constraints. Greece reporting rescuing another 578 migrants at sea off its eastern islands in the last 24 hours. Migration will figure high on the agenda of a Western Balkan summit in Vienna on Thursday. The EU, meanwhile, released 1.5 million euros ($1.7 million) worth of humanitarian aid Wednesday for refugees in Serbia and Macedonia. In Serbia, police banned an anti-migrant rally by far- right groups that was to be held Monday in Belgrade. The interior minister said the government "will not al- low any kind of gatherings against people forced to flee poverty and wars." DESPERATE QUEST Hungary's border fence does little to slow migrant flow PHOTOSBYDARKOBANDIC—ASSOCIATEDPRESS A group migrants walk on the railway linking Serbia and Hungary, in Roszke, Hungary. Over 10,000migrants, including many women with babies and small children, have crossed into Serbia over the past few days and headed toward Hungary. So far the Hungarian border fence — which is being hastily built to keep the migrants out — consists of three layers of razor wire along the country's 174-kilometer (109-mile) border with Serbia. The migrants' goal is to cross without being spotted by Hungarian border police so they will not be detained and sent to Hungarian asylum centers, where they are fingerprinted. By Charlton Doki and Jason Patinkin The Associated Press JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Wednesday signed a peace deal with rebels, more than 20 months af- ter the start of fighting be- tween the army and rebels led by his former deputy. Kiir signed the agreement in Juba, South Sudan's capi- tal, in a ceremony witnessed by regional leaders. Kiir said he was signing the docu- ment despite having serious reservations. He signed the same agreement endorsed by rebel leader Riek Machar, said Kiir's spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny. Machar, the former dep- uty president, signed the agreement last week in Ethiopia but Kiir refused, saying he needed more time, drawing condemna- tion from diplomats who want a quick agreement to end the violence in the world's newest country. Kiir was under intense pressure to sign the com- promise accord mediated by a group of neighbor- ing countries, with the U.S. threatening new U.N. sanctions if he failed to do so. Signing the agreement Wednesday, Kiir said he felt the peace deal had been im- posed on him and said it is flawed. Kiir said some as- pects of the deal "are not in the interest of just and last- ing peace. ... We had only one of the two options, the option of an imposed peace or the option of a continued war ... We are here talking about peace." He accused rebels of at- tacking positions held by government troops in two areas in the volatile state of Unity on Wednesday. The agreement binds Kiir into a power-sharing arrangement with Machar, a political rival whose dis- missal in July 2013 sparked a political crisis that later boiled over into a violent re- bellion. The fighting has of- ten been along ethnic lines, pitting Kiir's ethnic Dinka people against Machar's Nuer. The accord calls for the establishment of a coalition government within 90 days. Previous cease-fires have been quickly broken, how- ever, with both sides accus- ing the other for truce vi- olations. It also calls for a demilitarized Juba, one of the key sticking points for Kiir's side during negotia- tions, and also delays na- tional elections until 2018 at the earliest. The U.S. and its partners welcomed the signing and said in a statement Wednes- day that that there would be consequences for those who return to arms, urging an immediate and permanent ceasefire by warring fac- tions. Thousands of South Su- danese have been killed in the fighting and more than 1.6 million people have been displaced. WORLD'S NEWEST COUNTRY So ut h Su da n le ad er s ig ns p ea ce deal amid UN sanctions threat By Greg Keller The Associated Press PARIS The first inkling Mark Moogalian had that something was amiss on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris was when he saw a man dragging his suitcase into the bathroom. "I saw a young guy who looked strange, dragging a big, wheeled suitcase. It was unusual, strange," Moo- galian said in an interview from his hospital bed pub- lished in Paris Match mag- azine on Wednesday. Moogalian was shot and seriously wounded trying to stop a gunman armed with an assault rifle from mov- ing through the train on Fri- day. The attacker was even- tually overpowered by other passengers, including three Americans on vacation. Noticing that the man seemed to be spending an unusually long time in the toilet, Moogalian went to investigate. "I saw him come out of the toilet and another guy, who looked young, had grabbed him from behind and was trying to control him," Moogalian said in the magazine interview. Telling his wife to get to safety, Moogalian rushed at the gunman and wrenched an AKM assault rifle from his grip. "I've got the weapon!" he yelled, and just then a shot rang out. "I felt a giant pain in the back. I fell down between the seats. I dropped the weapon as I fell. I didn't know he had a handgun," Moogalian said. The 51-year-old Ameri- can musician and teacher, was seated across from his wife in Wagon 12 on the high-speed train that had pulled out of Amsterdam's main station just over two hours earlier. 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