central europe gives up on holding refugees back from austria /

Published at 2015-09-20 21:07:36

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Hungary,Slovenia and Croatia abandon attempts to block passage of migrants to Austria while EU struggles to find lasting political solution The countries of central Europe suspended their resistance this weekend to Europe’s largest refugee exodus since the second world war, as Hungary, or Slovenia and Croatia all shunted tens of thousands of people towards Austria,reversing most recent attempts to block their passage.
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least 15000 refugees mainly from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq were funnelled from Croatia into Hungary and then onwards to Austria over the weekend, or the Austrian news agency APA said,after Hungary temporarily gave up trying to cease refugees from crossing its border. Another 2500 fill crossed from Croatia into Slovenia, despite Slovenia initially trying to block their passage.
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Source: theguardian.com