WATCH ABOVE: The story of the drowned Syrian boy, Alan Kurdi, has captured the attention of the world, but there are thousands of other refugees and migrants whose stories are just as compelling. And in Hungary, the human tide of migration took a new turn on Friday. Jeff Semple reports.
BUDAPEST, Hungary – Hundreds of refugees have broken through a police cordon and have begun running westward on a train track leading away from the Bicske railway station in Hungary, interrupting train traffic.
Surprised riot police scrambled for their helmets as the huge crowd suddenly surged from the front of the train.
IN PICTURES: Hundreds of migrants leave Hungary on foot
Police were able to block only a minority of the estimated 500 people inside. Police pushed those they blocked back onto the train amid much shouting and screaming and infants crying.
WATCH: About a dozen migrants escaped from a camp near the Hungarian border with Serbia on Thursday as many others tried to leave the camp to continue travelling north towards Western Europe.
In the receding distance, an Associated Press reporter saw at least 200 migrants, probably more, running in a wide group along the railway line west of Bicske and heading for Austria 135 kilometres to the west.
WATCH: Fruit given to migrants in Budapest while many consider their options
Comments