Europe's Migrant Crisis Labled A "German Problem"

By R. Siva Kumar - 03 Sep '15 10:29AM
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The migrant crisis in Europe is a "German problem", says the Hungarian Prime Minister.

Germany seems to be the most coveted goal of almost all immigrants to the EU, the place they "would like to go to", according to bbc.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that Hungary cannot permit immigrants to leave its area without registering first.

He commented on the situation in Hungary, where the main rail station in Budapest had been opened to hundreds of migrants after a "two-day stand-off". After a train left, it was stopped near a migrant reception centre.

Migrants did not let the police to evict them from the train at Bicske, about 40kms west of Budapest. Many of them banged on the windows and shouted "Germany, Germany."

This year, more than 330,000 immigrants have already entered Europe, according to the Christian Science Monitor. Most of them are escaping into Germany, which is offering asylum as well as accommodation for immigrants entering from Syria and other Middle-Eastern countries.

At an emergency summit that will take place in Brussels this month, the 28 member nations of the European Union will send representatives, in order to discuss the migrant crisis across the continent, according to hngn.

Just two days ago, Keleti train station in Budapest stopped its service to immigrants from the Middle East.One station announcement had said that the station is "shut down for departure and arrivals for an indefinite time," according to The New York Times.

Migrants had been vociferous in their protests, screaming and waving tickets at the police officers for hours. Even as service was finally resumed for those who had passports and valid identification, there were hundreds still protesting outside the station.

The border country, Austria, has lashed Hungary. "That they are simply getting on board in Budapest and they make sure they will travel to the neighboring country - what sort of politics is that?" Austrian chancellor Werner Faymann said.

However, Peter Szijjarto, Hungary's minister of foreign affairs and trade, was sharp in retort: "It is disappointing and incomprehensible that the leader of a neighboring country should talk in this vein about an issue which is causing Hungary, as well as Europe, immense difficulties amounting to a historic challenge."

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