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Anti-migrant force builds in Europe, hurting Merkel’s quest

By VANESSA GERA, Associated Press
Published: February 15, 2016, 5:45pm
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Macedonian Army soldiers attach a razor wire to a fence on Feb. 8 on the border line with Greece, near the southern Macedonian town of Gevgelija, Six nations from Central and Eastern Europe meet Monday in Prague to discuss plans for a new "line of defense" for Europe that involves a double fence along Greece's northern border.
Macedonian Army soldiers attach a razor wire to a fence on Feb. 8 on the border line with Greece, near the southern Macedonian town of Gevgelija, Six nations from Central and Eastern Europe meet Monday in Prague to discuss plans for a new "line of defense" for Europe that involves a double fence along Greece's northern border. (Associated Press files) Photo Gallery

WARSAW, Poland — So where should the next impenetrable razor-wire border fence in Europe be built?

Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban thinks he knows the best place — on Macedonia’s and Bulgaria’s borders with Greece — smack along the main immigration route from the Middle East to Western Europe.

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