Migrants walking down bicycle path toward the Hungarian-Austrian border (photo: Orange Files).
Since September 22, 2015, the Orbán government has been transporting migrants by train from the Hungarian-Croatian frontier to the village of Hegyeshalom located about two miles from the Hungarian-Austrian border. The government is not registering asylum requests from these migrants and is therefore able to shuttle them through Hungary to Austria in less than 24 hours.
After arriving to Hegyeshalom, the migrants walk through the village and down a roadside bicycle path to the border crossing, where Migration Aid, the Hungarian Red Cross and other non-governmental organizations provide them with food and water before they enter Austria.
On September 26, 2015, three trains carrying between 1,500 and 2,000 migrants each arrived to Hegyeshalom in a six-hour period from early afternoon to early evening. Below are photographs that Orange Files took of these migrants during their walk from the train station to the border of Austria on that date.
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- Migrants walk down platform at Hegyeshalom railway station.
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- Migrants walk through village of Hegyeshalom.
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- Migrants on their way to the Hungarian-Austrian border.
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- Migrants on their way to the Hungarian-Austrian border.
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- Migrant girl preparing to cross into Austria from Hungary.
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- Migrants pose before crossing into Austria from Hungary.
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Below is an Orange Files video of migrants walking outside the village of Hegyeshalom on their way to the Hungarian-Austrian border.
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