Refugee crisis: Thousands of migrants still flooding into Germany from Hungary
Thousands of refugees are still flooding into Germany after exiting from Hungary, where they were detained for days.
The European Union (EU) leaders are now weighing their actions amid the influx of refugees, most of them are from Syria. The EU governments are divided on how to deal with the entry of thousands of asylum-seekers from the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, and some of the nations have been labeled as anti-Muslim or antimigrant, according to Today's Zaman.
On Saturday, 6,800 refugees entered Germany with around 5,000 coming in on Sunday, based on estimates by Bavarian state officials. While Germany is expecting 800,000 migrants this year alone, the country has encouraged other EU members to also welcome the asylum-seekers. However, other members want to focus on dealing with the violence in the Middle East, as they say this has forced the refugees to leave their homes, the report relays.
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In Munich, at least 600 migrants — mostly from Syria — arrived via two trains early in the morning and were met by well-wishers who offered them food. The newcomers were provided with clean clothes and medical checks before they were taken to reception centers. A third train carrying 450 migrants is expected to follow, according to a regional administration spokeswoman.
In Hungary, asylum-seekers took trains to Austria on Sunday. Over 10,000 have ventured out of Hungary since Saturday after several days of disorganized handling by police and other authorities. Austria said it agreed with Germany to waive its asylum rules that require migrants to secure registration papers in the first EU nation they reach. Instead, the migrants will be allowed to pass through Austria into Germany, the report relays.
Austria, however, announced on Sunday that it will stop allowing refugees to pass through it from Hungary. Austria has only temporarily halted its border checks after an image of a drowned Syrian toddler on a Turkish beach went viral, Reuters reports.
Many of the refugees are happy to leave Hungary after officials have described the migrant crisis as a threat to the identity of Christians in Europe.
Meanwhile, German Interior Ministry spokesperson Harald Neymanns said the Dublin rules still have not been suspended. He explained that Berlin has decided to welcome Syrians and bypass the Dublin rules for humanitarian reasons only.
