Refugees

Refugee crisis intensifies as thousands pour into Austria

   Around 13,000 people entered Austria on Saturday, according to the Red
   Cross, after being forced away from Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia

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   flooded into Austria on Saturday.

   Agence France-Presse

   Sunday 20 September 2015 06.31 BST Last modified on Monday 21 September
   2015 11.36 BST
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   Irina Molodikova

   The continent’s biggest migratory flow since 1945 has opened a deep
   rift between western and eastern members of the European Union over how
   to distribute the refugees fairly, and raised questions over the fate
   of the Schengen agreement allowing borderless travel within the
   28-nation bloc.
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   the Mediterranean to reach Europe so far this year, while the EU has
   received almost a quarter of a million asylum requests in the three
   months to June.

   In Austria, up to 13,000 people entered the country over the course of
   Saturday alone, the head of the Austrian Red Cross told the APA news
   agency. The figure was not immediately confirmed by local police, who
   had said earlier they were readying for an influx of around 10,000
   refugees and migrants.

   Austrian police said Hungary had shipped at least 6,700 people to the
   border, with more expected in the Burgenland border region by the end
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   between the two countries saw migrants board Croatian buses that took
   them to the border, before disembarking and crossing on foot then
   boarding Hungarian buses that quickly departed.

   Migrants were also being taken to Slovenia, where 1,500 had arrived
   since Friday, according to the interior ministry.
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   Slovenian riot police use pepper spray on a group of migrants trying to
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   Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia are all EU members, but only the latter
   two belong to Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone.

   In a new hurdle aimed at stemming the influx, Hungary said it had
   completed a 41-kilometre (25-mile) barbed-wire barrier along part of
   its frontier with Croatia.

   The remaining 330km of the border runs roughly along the Drava river,
   which is difficult to cross.
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