International

Migrant crisis: People treated like animals in Hungary camp

Footage has emerged of migrants being thrown bags of food at a Hungarian camp near the border with Serbia, reports BBC.An Austrian woman who filmed the video said the migrants were being treated like "animals" and called for European states to open their borders.It comes as Central European states, Germany and Luxembourg are due to meet over the migrant crisis.Germany is pushing a quota system that would oblige EU states to take fixed numbers of new arrivals.The European Commission wants 120,000 additional asylum seekers a year to be shared out between 28 members - a sharp increase from the previous proposal of 40,000.But the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia have rejected the proposals.In recent weeks, tens of thousands of migrants have been desperately trying to flee conflicts in countries such as Syria and Libya.Many of them travel through Hungary to Germany, Austria and Sweden - wealthier EU nations with more liberal asylum laws.