Migrants arrive at Austrian border by train

A train carrying thousands of migrants arrived in Hegyeshalom, on Hungary’s border with Austria, on Tuesday morning. The train left Barcs, in southwest Hungary, late on Monday, public news channel M1 reported from the site.

The train had 16 carriages and was estimated to carry up to 2,000 people. Three other trains carrying migrants are expected to arrive by midday, the M1 correspondent said.

Police apprehended 5,300 migrants at the Hungarian-Croatian border on Monday alone and 2,000 more by Tuesday 6 am, the national police headquarters said on its website. By way of Serbia, where a barrier fence seals off the border, only 178 migrants arrived on Monday, the police report said.

Photo: MTI

Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters