Migrants hold out on Hungarian 'freedom train'; Orban says millions coming


  • World
  • Friday, 04 Sep 2015

A young migrant girl holds up a sign during a protest in front of a train at Bicske railway station, Hungary, September 4, 2015. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

BICSKE, Hungary (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants, including Syrian refugees, were stranded on a train in Hungary for a second day on Friday, demanding passage to Germany in a standoff with riot police.

They spent the night on packed carriages at a railway station west of Budapest, having left the capital on Thursday morning believing they were heading for Austria, Germany and the end of a sometimes perilous journey from the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

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