Photograph: Geovien So/Barcroft Media Luke Harding in Berlin Monday 14 September 2015 15.36 BST Last modified on Monday 14 September 2015 19.47 BST * Share on Facebook * Share on Twitter * Share via Email * Share on Pinterest -- waking people up at the [Hungarian] border collection point.” Austria said it was sending troops to its border to help with security. The numbers entering from Hungary had reached overwhelming levels, police said, with 14,000 arriving on Sunday and another 7,000 by mid-Monday, and more expected. Austria’s vice-chancellor, Reinhold Mitterlehner, said: “If Germany carries out border controls, Austria must put strengthened border -- Hungary’s Orbán has blamed the crisis on Angela Merkel’s decision two weeks ago to open Germany’s borders to unregistered refugees. On Monday the finishing touches were being put on a new four-metre-tall fence along Hungary’s 110-mile border with Serbia. Hungarian police closed the main refugees’ crossing point from Serbia on Monday afternoon, fencing off a 40-metre gap by a railway line as other officers blocked the track. Orbán told Hungary’s TV2 a state of -- * sport + football + cricket + rugby union + F1 + tennis + golf + cycling + boxing -- * privacy policy * cookie policy * securedrop © 2016 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.