EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MUNICH ARRIVAL 2,500 refugees expected in Germany by early afternoon

Record ID: 141697

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MUNICH ARRIVAL 2,500 refugees expected in Germany by early afternoon
  • Date: 7th September 2015
  • Summary: MUNICH, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 7, 2015) (REUTERS) MUNICH RAILWAYS STATION WITH REGISTRATION TENTS AND BUSES TO MOVE MIGRANTS ON TO ACCOMMODATION SIGN FOR MUNICH STATION POLICE CARS AND BUSES OUTSIDE MUNICH STATION POLICE OUTSIDE MAKE-SHIFT REGISTRATION TENTS MIGRANTS QUEUING OUTSIDE TENTS FAMILY OF MIGRANTS WITH CHILDREN BEING GIVEN A FOOD PACKET VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS QUEUING OUTSIDE TENTS VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS, WRAPPED IN BLANKETS, GETTING ONTO BUSES (SOUNDBITE) (German) PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF UPPER BAVARIA, CHRISTOPH HILLENBRAND, SAYING: "We now have the precise figures that yesterday 13,000 migrants arrived within 24 hours - so the 24 hours from 0800 yesterday to 0800 this morning. The largest influx came in the late afternoon, as per the other days, in the evening and the night. 10,800 came before midnight and after that another 2,100 before 0600 this morning." HILLENBRAND TALKING TO JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (German) PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF UPPER BAVARIA, CHRISTOPH HILLENBRAND, SAYING: "The expectations for this morning are that three special trains are going to arrive in Salzburg during the morning, carrying 2,100 people. It would be ideal if we could meet them there with German trains and take them directly to other parts of Germany, that is a task which the German rail service is taking on." MAN CARRYING YOUNG GIRL GETTING ON BUS BUS DRIVING AWAY REGISTRATION CENTRE INFORMATION BOARD READING (German): "10,000 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED BEFORE 20.00 ON SUNDAY, 3,000 EXPECTED BEFORE MIDNIGHT" VARIOUS OF VOLUNTEERS SORTING WINTER CLOTHES FOR MIGRANTS SIGN READING (English) 'WELCOME TO MUNICH' TENT WITH AID
  • Embargoed: 22nd September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAF4CFBJ16QGSBDC9ZAH37M9I6D
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: About 2,500 refugees are expected to arrive in Germany via Austria by early afternoon on Monday (September 7), after an estimated 20,000 came in over the weekend, a Bavarian official told reporters.
    "We now have the precise figures that yesterday 13,000 migrants arrived within 24 hours - so the 24 hours from 0800 yesterday to 0800 this morning. The largest influx came in the late afternoon, as per the other days, in the evening and the night. 10,800 came before midnight and after that another 2,100 before 0600 this morning," said Christoph Hillenbrand, president of the government of Upper Bavaria, who are dealing with the influx in Munich.
    "The expectations for this morning are that three special trains are going to arrive in Salzburg during the morning, carrying 2,100 people. It would be ideal if we could meet them there with German trains and take them directly to other parts of Germany, that is a task which the German rail service is taking on," he said.
    It was unclear whether there would be time to passengers on the Salzburg trains to continue further by train to other German states. Another 400 would arrive by train directly from Budapest in the morning.
    After 71 people suffocated in the back of a truck abandoned on an Austrian highway en route from Hungary, and as thousands headed from Budapest towards Austria on foot, Vienna had agreed with Germany to waive rules requiring refugees to register an asylum claim in the first European Union country they reach.
    Merkel's decision to allow the influx has caused a rift in her conservative bloc, with her Bavarian allies saying she had pushed ahead without consulting the federal state administrations dealing with the problem on the ground.
    The political rift is greater across Europe, with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban accusing Berlin of encouraging the influx.
    Austria has also suspended its random border checks after photographs of a Syrian toddler lying dead on a Turkish beach showed Europeans the horror faced by those desperate enough to travel illegally into the heart of Europe, which is deeply divided over how to cope.
    Germany has said it expects to receive 800,000 refugees and migrants this year, and urged other EU members to open their doors.
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