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No Link Between Migrant Crisis, Budapest Blast: Hungary Prime Minister
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Tuesday he saw no sign that the migrant crisis had anything to do with an explosion on Saturday night in central Budapest, which wounded two police officers.
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David Cameron Wins Support On European Union Reform Plans From Hungary PM
Prime Minister David Cameron Thursday won broad backing from Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban for his EU reform proposals but not for his idea to freeze welfare benefits for EU migrants in Britain.
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Croatia Steps Back in Serbia Migrant Row After European Union Intervention
Croatia sought to ease tensions with its former foe Serbia Friday after the EU's powerful executive intervened in a bitter row sparked by Europe's worst refugee crisis in decades.
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Migrants Settle Scores With Hungarian Police
"I hate you, Hungary! Thank you, Serbia," said one Iraqi migrant, Hussan, clutching a stone as he rushed to attack the Hungarian police on the border with Serbia.
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Hungary Drops Controversial Border 'Transit Zone' Plan for Migrants
Hungary on Thursday backtracked on its proposal to establish controversial "transit zones" at its border with Serbia, where authorities had planned to hold asylum seekers while their applications were being processed.
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Cold, Fever and Babies Born on Migrants' Long Journey to Europe
At a makeshift medical centre at Budapest's eastern railway terminus migrant women keep coming with small children and babies, many of whom have a bad cough, fever, diarrhoea or insect bites after being on the road for weeks.
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Migrants Stream Into Austria Hoping to Move to Destination Germany
Thousands of migrants streamed into Austria Saturday, desperate to travel on to Germany after days of ugly standoffs with authorities in Budapest's train station that made headlines worldwide.
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Austrian Red Cross Expects 800 to 1,500 Refugees From Hungary in Next Few Hours
Austria's Red Cross said on Saturday it expected between 800 to 1,500 people to arrive in its refugee reception centre of Nickelsdorf at the Hungarian border in the next few hours.
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Pakistani Found Dead Near Blocked Train in Hungary
A 51-year-old Pakistani has died after he was found lying close to a railway track in Hungary on Friday following the escape of 350 migrants from a train blocked for more than a day near Budapest.
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Standed for Days, Over 1,000 Migrants Leave Budapest Train Station on Foot for Austria
More than 1,000 migrants stranded for days at Budapest's main train station left the building on Friday, intent on walking to the Austrian border, according to an AFP journalist on the scene.
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Migrants Taken Off Hungarian Train Near Refugee Camp: Reports
A Hungarian train bound for towns near the Austrian border with several hundred migrants onboard was stopped near one of the country's four main refugee camps and the migrants taken off, state news agency MTI reported.
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Migrants Protest as Hungary Shutters Budapest Train Station
Hundreds of angry migrants demonstrated outside Budapest's Eastern Railway Terminus on Tuesday demanding they be allowed to travel on to Germany, as European Union asylum rules came close to collapse under the strain of unprecedented migration.
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Main Budapest Station Orders Evacuation Due to Migrants
Budapest's main international railway station on Tuesday ordered an evacuation as hundreds of migrants tried to board trains to Austria and Germany, an AFP reporter at the scene said.
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Monday's Migrant Influx By Rail to Vienna Biggest This Year: Police
A total of 3,650 migrants reached Vienna by train Monday, this year's biggest daily number, Austrian police said, after Hungarian authorities allowed people stuck in makeshift refugee camps to leave Budapest despite many not having EU visas.
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Austria Toughens Border Controls in Trafficking Clampdown
Austrian authorities toughened controls along the country's eastern borders on Monday, stopping hundreds of refugees and arresting five traffickers in a clampdown that followed last week's gruesome discovery of 71 dead migrants in a truck.
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No Link Between Migrant Crisis, Budapest Blast: Hungary Prime Minister
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Tuesday he saw no sign that the migrant crisis had anything to do with an explosion on Saturday night in central Budapest, which wounded two police officers.
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David Cameron Wins Support On European Union Reform Plans From Hungary PM
Prime Minister David Cameron Thursday won broad backing from Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban for his EU reform proposals but not for his idea to freeze welfare benefits for EU migrants in Britain.
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Croatia Steps Back in Serbia Migrant Row After European Union Intervention
Croatia sought to ease tensions with its former foe Serbia Friday after the EU's powerful executive intervened in a bitter row sparked by Europe's worst refugee crisis in decades.
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Migrants Settle Scores With Hungarian Police
"I hate you, Hungary! Thank you, Serbia," said one Iraqi migrant, Hussan, clutching a stone as he rushed to attack the Hungarian police on the border with Serbia.
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Hungary Drops Controversial Border 'Transit Zone' Plan for Migrants
Hungary on Thursday backtracked on its proposal to establish controversial "transit zones" at its border with Serbia, where authorities had planned to hold asylum seekers while their applications were being processed.
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Cold, Fever and Babies Born on Migrants' Long Journey to Europe
At a makeshift medical centre at Budapest's eastern railway terminus migrant women keep coming with small children and babies, many of whom have a bad cough, fever, diarrhoea or insect bites after being on the road for weeks.
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Migrants Stream Into Austria Hoping to Move to Destination Germany
Thousands of migrants streamed into Austria Saturday, desperate to travel on to Germany after days of ugly standoffs with authorities in Budapest's train station that made headlines worldwide.
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Austrian Red Cross Expects 800 to 1,500 Refugees From Hungary in Next Few Hours
Austria's Red Cross said on Saturday it expected between 800 to 1,500 people to arrive in its refugee reception centre of Nickelsdorf at the Hungarian border in the next few hours.
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Pakistani Found Dead Near Blocked Train in Hungary
A 51-year-old Pakistani has died after he was found lying close to a railway track in Hungary on Friday following the escape of 350 migrants from a train blocked for more than a day near Budapest.
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Standed for Days, Over 1,000 Migrants Leave Budapest Train Station on Foot for Austria
More than 1,000 migrants stranded for days at Budapest's main train station left the building on Friday, intent on walking to the Austrian border, according to an AFP journalist on the scene.
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Migrants Taken Off Hungarian Train Near Refugee Camp: Reports
A Hungarian train bound for towns near the Austrian border with several hundred migrants onboard was stopped near one of the country's four main refugee camps and the migrants taken off, state news agency MTI reported.
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Migrants Protest as Hungary Shutters Budapest Train Station
Hundreds of angry migrants demonstrated outside Budapest's Eastern Railway Terminus on Tuesday demanding they be allowed to travel on to Germany, as European Union asylum rules came close to collapse under the strain of unprecedented migration.
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Main Budapest Station Orders Evacuation Due to Migrants
Budapest's main international railway station on Tuesday ordered an evacuation as hundreds of migrants tried to board trains to Austria and Germany, an AFP reporter at the scene said.
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Monday's Migrant Influx By Rail to Vienna Biggest This Year: Police
A total of 3,650 migrants reached Vienna by train Monday, this year's biggest daily number, Austrian police said, after Hungarian authorities allowed people stuck in makeshift refugee camps to leave Budapest despite many not having EU visas.
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Austria Toughens Border Controls in Trafficking Clampdown
Austrian authorities toughened controls along the country's eastern borders on Monday, stopping hundreds of refugees and arresting five traffickers in a clampdown that followed last week's gruesome discovery of 71 dead migrants in a truck.
