Desperate Migrants Surge Forward As Train Appeared

Many die hard migrant boarded trains even as loudspeakers said in English that the trains were not heading west.
According to report, thousands of desperate migrants have poured into Budapest's main railway station after it was reopened, forcing their way onto a train despite announcements that there was no service to western Europe.

The migrants, many of them fleeing conflict in the Middle East, stormed a train as they dashed into Keleti station in the Hungarian capital, pushing into the carriages and trying to cram their children through open windows. 

A train full of migrants has since left the station, and is believed to be heading to Sopron, a town near the Austrian border.

Janos Lazar, chief of staff to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has said police will make all the checks necessary on those on board before the train reaches its destination. 

EU law requires anyone who wishes to travel within Europe to hold a valid passport and a Schengen visa.

Hundreds more of migrants have flooded Keleti, and are waiting on crowded platforms for the next available trains.  

Many boarded trains even as loudspeakers said in English that the trains were not heading west. 

An Austrian police spokesman said there are currently no services running from Budapest to Vienna, while a Hungarian government said that no international trains will be leaving Keleti for "safety reasons".

When asked if they would instead be taken to holding camps, the government spokesman answered: "That is their best chance."

One migrant from Iraq, waiting at the station with his one-year-old child, told Sky's Europe Correspondent Mark Stone he had travelled for two weeks his home country, where he was fleeing "war, militias, thieves". 

"I want to go to Germany, best in Europe," he said.


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