In Escape from Brutality, Refugees March on Foot Towards Austria

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Post published:October 8, 2020
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No longer willing to wait for passage by train or official approval in Hungary, thousands of refugees from the Middle East and Africa—but mostly those fleeing war in Syria—undertook a dramatic 150-mile march from Budapest towards the Austrian border on Friday as they sought safety and relief from a treacherous journey that has now captured the attention of the world.

As the Associated Press reports:

According to the UK Independent:

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The World Post adds:

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In a surprise late announcement, according to AP, the Hungarian government announced it would offer buses to transport hundreds of migrants remaining in Budapest to the border with Austria.

In the United States, where criticism has focused on the inadequate response of the world’s most “exceptional” nation, Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley on Friday made a gesture of goodwill by declaring his support for a massive increase of refugees from Syria.

“I support the call from humanitarian and refugee organizations for the United States to accept at least 65,000 Syrian refugees next year,” he said in a statement Friday. “If Germany —a country with one-fourth our population—can accept 800,000 refugees this year, certainly we—the nation of immigrants and refugees—can do more.”

Having covered the developments of the refugee crisis in Europe throughout the day, the Guardian offered this latest rundown of developments as part of its comprehensive coverage:

The prime minister said his government would “act with our head and our heart” in response to the crisis and refugees’ suffering. This afternoon, he also
“Those spaces are going to be critical to the lives and future of 4,000 people,” spokeswoman Melissa Fleming told AP. It later said it may have spoken out of turn and that it had not received confirmation of the number of additional refugees to be taken by the UK.
Its head of humanitarian Response Mike Noyes said: “The promise that the UK will only take 4000 refugees, if correct, is nowhere near enough. It is the equivalent of only six refugees per parliamentary constituency and represents only 0.1% of the total number of Syrian refugees.”
She said: “When the world is looking for leadership, courage and a simple display of common humanity, we will be found standing eagerly at the front of the queue.”
António Guterres said the EU was facing a defining moment.
Aylan Kurdi’s father, Abdullah, who survived the capsizing that killed his family, wept as the bodies were buried in the predominantly Kurdish Syrian border town.
Hundreds of people were filmed joining the march.
A group of more than 100 Eritreans, Syrians and Sudanese people marched from the camp towards Calais town centre this morning carrying banners and chanting “freedom, freedom.”
Locals, enraged by what they have described as uncontrollable waves of “illegal immigrants” landing on their shores, screamed “traitors, get out of here” .
Hungary shut its main border crossing with Serbia after about 300 migrants escaped from a nearby refugee camp.
These include three-year jail terms for people climbing over the newly built razor wire fence on the border with Serbia, as well as new border “transit zones” to hold asylum seekers while their applications are being processed.
The four EU leaders said the bloc’s approach should include “preserving the voluntary nature of EU solidarity measures.”
Greece’s Coast Guard and police used of stun grenades to deal with the uprising. Around 1,000 Afghans tried to occupy Blue Star 1 ferry shouting “Athens- Athens”. An occupation was avoided when the ferry’s gates closed.
, telling them to “go back to their countries”. And at Budapest’s Keleti station this afternoon,

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