Below is a gallery of photographs that Orange Files took of migrants at the Eastern and Western railway stations in Budapest on August 26 and August 27, 2015. The NGO Migration Aid is providing food, medical care and donated clothing, blankets and other assistance to the migrants, who are waiting at the railway stations for trains to Austria or camps in Hungary. More than 150,000 migrants have crossed into Hungary from Serbia since the beginning of the year, including around 3,000 per day beginning in late August. Nearly all of these migrants have subsequently left Hungary en route to western Europe, primarily Germany. The Orbán government and state-run media refer to these migrants, the large majority of whom are from Syria or Afghanistan, as “border violators” (határsértő) or “illegal immigrants” (illegális bevándorló). The government is preparing to send the Hungarian army to the border to help control the growing influx of migrants.
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- Migrants at the Eastern Railway Station.
- Migrants at the Eastern Railway Station.
- Migration Aid lunch line at the Eastern Railway Station.
- Migration Aid volunteer talking to migrants at the Western Railway Station.
- Migrants at the Western Railway Station.
- Migrants at the Western Railway Station.
See all 21 photos.
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