Hungary has been severely criticised after water cannon and tear gas were fired at migrants at its closed border on Wednesday.

UN Human Rights Commission chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said that such treatment was “xenophobic and anti-Muslim” and that Hungary’s handling of the crisis, had at times, violated international law,

Visiting Budapest, the European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs, Dimitris Avramopoulos, denounced Hungary’s border fence.

“Walls are temporary solutions,” he said, sitting alongside the Hungarian foreign minister.

“This only serves to divert flows or escalate tensions and I think you all agree with me that violence is not the solution either.”

Avramopoulos said: “There is no wall you would not climb, no sea you would not cross if you are fleeing violence and terror.

“We have a moral duty to offer them protection.”

There has also been strong criticism from international medical humanitarian organisation, Doctors Without Borders.

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