EUROPE-MIGRANTS/AUSTRIA BORDER MORNING Migrants head to Austria on foot

Record ID: 139978

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/AUSTRIA BORDER MORNING Migrants head to Austria on foot
  • Date: 11th September 2015
  • Summary: NICKELSDORF, AUSTRIA (SEPTEMBER 11, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WALKING ALONG THE ROAD SIGN WITH DIRECTIONS TO NICKELSDORF, VIENNA AND BUDAPEST MIGRANTS SAT ON GRASS VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WALKING
  • Embargoed: 26th September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Austria
  • Country: Austria
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA2K9JAG519AMGYC1J9ZK7XKROR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: More migrants walked over from Hungary to Austria on Friday morning (September 11), following in the footsteps of thousands of others who had made the journey in recent days.
    Tens of thousands of people, many of them fleeing the war in Syria, have streamed across the border since Austria and Germany threw open their borders at the weekend. Almost all have headed for Germany, with only hundreds seeking asylum in Austria.
    Police in Austria said on Thursday (September 10) they expect the increased flow of migrants to continue until September 15th, when Hungarian authorities will put measures in place on its borders with Serbia.
    Hungary has emerged as a flashpoint in the crisis, as the primary entry point for those travelling overland across the Balkans. Its right-wing government is among the continent's most outspoken voices against allowing mass immigration.
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