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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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Bulgaria 

Two more Bulgarians arrested over migrant death lorry in Austria – reports

September 2, 2015September 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

Two more Bulgarians have been arrested in connection with the deaths of 71 migrants whose remains were found in a

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Europe 

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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Europe 

Crunch time as migrant crisis worsens

August 30, 2015August 30, 2015 The Budapest Times Hungary

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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Europe 

Three arrested in discovery of 71 migrants’ bodies in Austria

August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 VOANews Austria, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia

Austrian officials say they have arrested three people connected to the discovery of 71 bodies of migrants found in a

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Europe 

Thousands of migrants leave Macedonia by train to Serbia

August 23, 2015August 27, 2015 VOANews Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, 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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Europe 

Serbian PM Vučić promises shelter for migrants in Belgrade – and no anti-migrant fences

August 19, 2015August 24, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia

Serbian prime minister Aleksandar Vučić told migrants on August 19 that they are are welcome in Serbia and that the

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Europe 

Hungary widens fence on Serbian border

August 13, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Hungary, Serbia

The fence which Hungary started to install last month on the border with Serbia, to cope with the migrant crisis,

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Europe 

Migrants cut fence on Hungary-Serbia border

August 9, 2015August 12, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Hungary, Serbia

A group of 18 migrants has cut barbed wire installed by the Hungarian government on the border with Serbia, Hungarian

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