Hungary stuck to its promise of protecting the nation against a flood of refugees by swearing in its first wave of so-called "border hunters" on Thursday, officials said. GERMAN POLICE SEE SUPPORT FOR CRACKDOWN DESPITE SOME CRIES OF RACIAL PROFILINGMore than 500 border guards took their oaths ahead of their planned deployment to the Serbian border, the Budapest Business Journal reported. The government reportedly has aimed to boost its number of "border hunters" to 3,000. Greece's navy sent a ship to the island of Lesbos to house some 500 refugees and migrants. A medical association on the island said conditions at the main camp there were "inhuman," with refugees in tents exposed to freezing temperatures.

Source: Fox News January 12, 2017 20:05 UTC