EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MUNICH STATION Refugees continue to arrive at Munich central train station

Record ID: 141157

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MUNICH STATION Refugees continue to arrive at Munich central train station
  • Date: 12th September 2015
  • Summary: MUNICH, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 12, 2015) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF MUNICH CENTRAL TRAIN STATION BUSES PARKED FOR TRANSFER OF MIGRANTS VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WALKING OUT OF TRAIN STATION VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WAITING FOR MEDICAL CHECK-UP VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WALKING FROM TRAIN PLATFORM TOWARDS ARRIVAL AREA FOR MIGRANTS (SOUNDBITE) (German) MUNICH POLICE SPOKESPERSON, PETER BECK, SAYING: "Yesterday, around 5,800 migrants arrived here at the central train station within 24 hours. Today between midnight and eight o'clock we had 1,700 migrants." VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS ARRIVING AT TRAIN STATION (SOUNDBITE) (German) MUNICH POLICE SPOKESPERSON, PETER BECK, SAYING: "We were able to cope with it every day. Of course we reached our limits sometimes. Of course our police officers are here and the helpers are involved as well. We have managed to deal with it so far." VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS ARRIVING AT TRAIN STATION WOMAN HANDING CHOCOLATE TO CHILDREN OUTSIDE TRAIN STATION BOY WITH CHOCOLATE BAR WALKING AWAY VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS ARRIVING AT TRAIN STATION
  • Embargoed: 27th September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA5UKRZ3CVR28MSZ4ZYON6WCOT0
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Migrants and refugees continued to arrive at Munich central station on Saturday (September 12) but police said an expected surge of people coming from Hungary had so far failed to materialise.
    On Friday, around 5,800 migrants arrived in the Bavarian capital, said police spokesman Peter Beck. But since then, the figures had died down.
    "Today between midnight and eight o'clock we had 1,700 migrants," he said.
    Police and volunteers were at the station to guide the migrants to arrival zones and provide them with food and water, before they get onto buses to be taken to reception centres.
    On Friday, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said his country had finite resources and urged other European countries to do much more to share the burden of refugees.
    But Beck said the local authorities had so far been able to deal with the numbers of people arriving.
    "We were able to cope with it every day. Of course we reached our limits sometimes. Of course our police officers are here and the helpers are involved as well. We have managed to deal with it so far," he said.
    Politicians from the left and right have accused Chancellor Angela Merkel's government of losing control of the refugee situation, prompting the defence ministry to put 4,000 troops on standby to help with the influx.
    Germany expects to take in 800,000 asylum seekers this year alone.
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