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Austria, Germany open borders to thousands of migrants

September 6, 2015September 8, 2015 VOANews Hungary

Austria and Germany opened their borders Saturday to thousands of migrants traveling by bus or train or on foot to

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Refugees desperate on both sides of Turkey’s border with Syria

September 6, 2015September 6, 2015 VOANews Syria, Syrian refugees, Turkey

Near the border crossing to Syria, refugees loiter near trucks lined up to deliver food into their country.  If they

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Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary, Austria sign agreement on migrants

September 6, 2015 VOANews Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia

Amid chaotic scenes at border crossings and train stations throughout Europe, Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary and Austria have signed an agreement

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Migrant crisis: Why they’re fleeing, where they’re going

September 4, 2015 VOANews

The image of a Syrian toddler’s lifeless body washed up on a Mediterranean beach sent shock waves around the world

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Hungary allows migrants into railway station, blocks travel west

September 3, 2015September 3, 2015 VOANews Hungary

Migrants hoping to travel westward have flooded into the main train station in Budapest after it was reopened by police,

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Migrants resume protests at Budapest railway station

September 3, 2015September 4, 2015 VOANews Hungary

Hundreds of migrants demanding free passage to Germany protested for a second day Wednesday at Budapest’s main international train station.

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Eurostar trains stopped for possible migrant activity

September 2, 2015 VOANews

Eurostar trains traveling between Britain and France were stopped for several hours overnight because of suspicions that illegal migrants were

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IOM: 350 000 migrants have fled to Europe this year

September 1, 2015September 4, 2015 VOANews

The International Organization for Migration said Tuesday that more than 350,000 migrants have made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean

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Hungary closes railway station, stops stream of migrants

September 1, 2015September 2, 2015 VOANews Hungary, Slovakia

Hungarian authorities have shut down Budapest’s main train station, stranding hundreds of migrants, mostly from conflict-ridden areas of the Middle

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