Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Hungary: TV Journalist Fired For Tripping Up Fleeing Migrants (Video)

A Hungarian camerawoman who was filmed while she deliberately tripped up a Syrian refugee carrying a child as they ran away from police near the Serbian border has been fired.Petra Laszlo, working for local TV station N1TV, which is run by the anti-immigration far-Right Jobbik party, was caught on camera kicking refugees, including a young girl, who were fleeing a camp.Another cameraman captured the moment Ms Laszlo films the refugees running away from charging police officers at the border village of Roszke before sticking her leg out as a father carrying his son runs past, causing them both to fall to the ground.


 The video was widely shared on social media after it was posted by German reporter Stephan Richter on Twitter, with many condemning Ms Laszlo's behaviour.The station issued a statement on Tuesday, saying: "The N1TV colleagues today behaved unacceptably in Roszke collection point. 

 Our working relationship with the camerawoman has ended. The case was considered closed on our part."Several hundred migrants broke through police lines at the tense main border crossing with Serbia on Tuesday.The migrants were part of a group of 1,500 people who had been waiting for hours at a refugee collection point near the Roszke crossing, the first stop before people are brought to a registration camp.
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