EUROPE-MIGRANTS/HUNGARY-ROSZKE UPDATE Crowds of migrants push past Hungarian police at Roszke camp

Record ID: 141631

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/HUNGARY-ROSZKE UPDATE Crowds of migrants push past Hungarian police at Roszke camp
  • Date: 7th September 2015
  • Summary: NEAR ROSZKE, HUNGARY (SEPTEMBER 7, 2015) (REUTERS) CROWDS OF MIGRANTS FACING LINE OF POLICE SMALL BOY ON ADULT'S SHOULDERS CROWDS OF MIGRANTS FACING POLICE SMALL BOY VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WALKING CARRYING POSSESSIONS POLICE ATTEMPTING TO STOP PEOPLE WALKING ON MIGRANTS RUNNING/POLICE CHASING MIGRANTS RUNNING POLICE RUNNING ALONG RAILWAY TRACKS VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WALKING VARIOUS OF POLICE WATCHING MIGRANTS WALKING MAN WALKING WITH SMALL BOY ON SHOULDERS MIGRANTS WALKING PAST POLICE VEHICLES
  • Embargoed: 22nd September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Hungary
  • Country: Hungary
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA3KB0T893N49NGVXOF5YUA1OCJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Crowds of migrants pushed past police trying to hold them back at a camp near Roszke in Hungary on Monday (September 7), setting off on foot towards Hungarian capital Budapest.
    Tensions have been running high at the camp near the Serbian border, from where hundreds of migrants were hoping to board buses to continue their journey west.
    With police only letting small numbers through, in the early evening crowds of migrants pushed through the police lines and began walking towards Budapest, from where they hoped to board trains towards Austria and Germany.
    Police could be seen trying to hold people back and chasing them, but were unable to stem the flow of people, including small children, setting off on foot with their possessions.
    Police have dubbed the Roszke camp an "Alien Holding Centre" and said it contains 100 large, green heated tents for 1,000 people. It was opened at the weekend and located near another, older camp where migrants have revolted in recent days, breaking through wooden barriers and fleeing for the nearby motorway.
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