Chaos in Budapest

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All aboard the migrant express to Germany: Chaos in Budapest as police reopen station following two-day stand-off… and hundreds immediately swarm onto trains

• Keleti Railway Terminus in Budapest has been closed to migrant by the Hungarian authorities for the past two days
• But after tense stand-offs, Hungarian police officers withdrew from the station this morning, triggering chaotic scenes
• The crowds stormed a stationary train in the belief they would be allowed to travel on to Austria and Germany
• But Hungary's main railway operator said there would be no direct trains leaving for western Europe any time today

Hundreds of desperate migrants poured into Budapest's main railway station this morning after Hungarian police withdrew following a two-day standoff, triggering chaotic scenes.

Crowds stormed a stationary train, cramming children through open windows in the belief they might travel west to Austria and Germany. Hungary's main railway operator, however, said there would be no direct trains leaving for western Europe today.

'Attention please, on Track 8 the train does not depart. Please get off the train,' the station said over intercom.

There was no immediate word about why the police withdrew.

Over 2,000 migrants, many of them refugees from conflicts in the Middle East and Africa, had been camped in front of the Keleti Railway Terminus, closed to them by authorities saying European Union rules bar travel by those without valid documents.

The standoff has become the latest symbol of Europe's migration crisis, the continent's worst since the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s.

The police withdrawal at the station coincided with the start of a special parliamentary session to debate tightening migration laws and punishment for those caught trying to breach a 3.5-metre high fence Hungary is building on its border with Serbia.

Senior ruling party lawmaker Gergely Gulyas said the amendments could be passed this week and cut the number of illegal border crossings to 'zero' by mid-September.

Hungary is a key arrival point for tens of thousands of migrants entering the European Union, with some 50,000 entering the country in August alone.

On Monday, Hungary allowed several thousand to board trains bound for Austria and Germany but the following day Keleti station was closed to anyone without an EU passport or a valid visa.

The move left around 2,000 men, women and children stranded around the station or in the underground 'transit zone', a makeshift refugee camp beneath the station where thousands have been sheltering on blankets in cramped conditions, looked after only by Hungarian volunteers.

Over the past two days there have been a number of demonstrations by several hundred of the migrants chanting 'Germany! Germany!' and tense standoffs with riot police as well as a number of scuffles.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3220673/All-aboard-migrant-express-Germany-Chaos-Budapest-police-reopen-station-following-two-day-stand-hundreds-immediately-swarm-trains.html#ixzz3kg4upXo8

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[Jacque67 7,328]

Send Trump.

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When those hard facts and figures fail to garner the general public's attention, human stories and striking images — like the tragic photo of a Syrian refugee boy's lifeless body that washed ashore in a Turkey resort town Wednesday morning — tend to build empathy and anger across the globe, shedding light on a terribly common occurrence.

But as the refugee crisis worsens — and the media coverage surrounding it increases — many are left wondering: What can I do?

From learning the real issues to supporting both large organizations and grassroots efforts alike, here are six concrete ways you can help during the refugee crisis.

http://mashable.com/2015/09/03/refugee-crisis-how-to-help/

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http://mashable.com/2015/09/03/refugee-crisis-how-to-help/

B.C. woman had tried to sponsor Syrian boy who drowned off Turkey

Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose lifeless body was pictured on newspaper front pages around the world Thursday, was trying to get to Europe after Canada rejected his family’s refugee application, according to a Vancouver-area politician.

Aylan, his five-year-old brother Galip Kurdi and their mother, Rehan, died as they tried to reach Europe from Syria, according to Fin Donnelly, who is running for re-election in Port Moody-Coquitlam.

The boys’ father, Abdullah, survived.

Donnelly said that Abdullah’s sister, Teema Kurdi, who lives in the Vancouver area, had been trying to sponsor three Syrian relatives — including her two young nephews — and their mother, who drowned off the Turkish coast.

The politician said he delivered a letter on behalf of Kurdi to Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander in March but that the sponsorship request was not approved.

Kurdi told the Ottawa Citizen that she received a telephone call Wednesday from a relative who in turn had received a call from Abdullah, confirming that his wife and two boys were dead.

“I was trying to sponsor them, and I have my friends and my neighbours who helped me with the bank deposits, but we couldn’t get them out, and that is why they went in the boat,” Kurdi told the Citizen. “I was even paying rent for them in Turkey, but it is horrible the way they treat Syrians there.”

They were among at least 12 migrants, including five children, who drowned Wednesday when two boats carrying them to the Greek island of Kos capsized.

Donnelly said Kurdi has not made any immediate plans but had mentioned a possible service locally.

“This tragic loss is just heart-wrenching to go through,” he said. “She was just completely upset and heartbroken.”

The route between Bodrum and Kos, just a few miles, is one of the shortest from Turkey to the Greek islands but remains dangerous. Hundreds of migrants a day attempt the perilous sea crossing despite the risks.

http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/b-c-woman-had-tried-to-sponsor-syrian-boy-who-drowned-off-turkey/

Canada is to blame then . ?

[Jacque67 7,328]

So what is your position regarding this news, LIB?

[decocker 7,198]

Canada is to blame then . ?

blame is a waste of time. accomplishes absolutely nothing.

[lostinblue 1,989]

So what is your position regarding this news, LIB?

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/564292-a-simple-solution-to-the-arab-migrant-crisis/

[decocker 7,198]

BOOOOOOOOT STRAPS!

[lostinblue 1,989]

blame is a waste of time. accomplishes absolutely nothing.

How come Canada will not accept say 100 million poor folks from around the world . ? You folks want America to do that . Just open the borders . Here Canada refuses a family in need . Shame on Canada

[Jacque67 7,328]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/564292-a-simple-solution-to-the-arab-migrant-crisis/

World Cup in Qatar ???

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How come Canada will not accept say 100 million poor folks from around the world . ? You folks want America to do that . Just open the borders . Here Canada refuses a family in need . Shame on Canada

shame, blame..waste of friggin time man. if you want to help, go to organizations who are helping. give them support.

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Canadians are for the most part French people who know better

[lostinblue 1,989]

Canadians are for the most part French people who know better

Why should France have all the fun .

[lostinblue 1,989]

funny, you're the one the brought canada up.

it must be really hard for you to view this as a humanitarian situation when you don't count muslims as humans. i guess you should have used cosmic sans instead of "".

You posted a link about that child dying ... I filled in the rest of the story. Canada refused to allow him in . Canada must not count Muslins as human . If they did he would be in Canada today with is relative .. .