On the Austrian-Hungarian border have accumulated two thousand refugees – RBC

Migrants at the railway station in Austria

Photo: REUTERS 2015

About 2 thousand refugees arrived at the Austrian-Hungarian border, this number could more than double the next day. This was announced on Saturday morning, the Austrian police, reports Reuters.

«Our biggest problem is that the Hungarians refused to pass on their territory our buses to pick up refugees”, – said the chief of police the eastern Austrian province of Burgenland Hans Peter Doskozil.

«We suggested that they [the authorities of Hungary] may bring up the refugees directly in trains or in shelters [on the Austrian side], but they just stopped buses on the Hungarian side,” – said Doskozil.

He also said that the city of Nickelsdorf, located near the border, ready to send migrants to Vienna two special trains.

Late in the evening on Friday, the Hungarian Government decided to allocate up to 100 buses for the transportation of migrants to the border with Austria. In this case, the government stated that the decision to allocate migrants buses does not mean that the refugees just to leave the country – Hungary will continue to attempt to register migrant workers.

On August 4 workers after long negotiations with the police agreed to release the held by them during the day train to the Hungarian town of Bicske. The refugees took part, after he brought them not in Austria, but in Bicske, located 30 km from the border.

In Hungary, the influx of migrants has led to numerous conflicts and clashes with the police. Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged to set rules among migrants in the station. He called the stream of refugees “endless” and urged the EU to protect its borders from the influx of refugees, or “come even tens of millions of people.” The head of the Hungarian government said that the country should strictly follow EU laws for registration of migrants arriving by train to Budapest.