Flow of Migrants Into Austria From Hungary Increases

Roughly 10,700 migrants had arrived in Austria from Hungary.

Migrants enter a train at a train station in Magyarboly in Hungary. (Photo: Reuters)

Roughly 10,700 migrants walked into Austria from Hungary on Sunday, more than arrived during all of Saturday, and a motorway passing through the border was partially closed, police spokesmen said.

Croatia, faced with growing crowds on its territory after Hungary barricaded its border with Serbia against migrants heading north, has been bringing people to its border with Hungary, which has been shuttling them to reception centres near Austria’s eastern flank.

Roughly 10,700 migrants had arrived since midnight, a spokesman for the police in the eastern province of Burgenland said. Saturday’s total was roughly 10,500.

Almost all of those arrivals were at the town of Nickelsdorf, which has generally been the main crossing point for migrants coming from Hungary. Buses and trains took many on to emergency accommodation elsewhere, and others took taxis, a Reuters witness said.

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