Hungary closes railway station, stops stream of migrants
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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Crunch time as migrant crisis worsens
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has convened a session of the national security cabinet by the evening of September 1 2015
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Three arrested in discovery of 71 migrants’ bodies in Austria
Austrian officials say they have arrested three people connected to the discovery of 71 bodies of migrants found in a
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Thousands of migrants leave Macedonia by train to Serbia
Thousands of migrants boarded trains Sunday in Macedonia headed north to Serbia after being stuck at the border for several
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Serbian PM Vučić promises shelter for migrants in Belgrade – and no anti-migrant fences
Serbian prime minister Aleksandar Vučić told migrants on August 19 that they are are welcome in Serbia and that the
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Hungary widens fence on Serbian border
The fence which Hungary started to install last month on the border with Serbia, to cope with the migrant crisis,
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Migrants cut fence on Hungary-Serbia border
A group of 18 migrants has cut barbed wire installed by the Hungarian government on the border with Serbia, Hungarian
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Hungary plans tougher measures against border jumpers
The government will move to change Hungary’s criminal code to make illegal migration a criminal offence rather than a misdemeanour,
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Amnesty International criticises Macedonia and Serbia over refugees
Increasing numbers of refugees and migrants are travelling through the western Balkans to the European Union in search of safety
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