In Pictures: Battle Ready for Refugees at Hungary-Croatia Border

Mohammed Ameen and Abdul Waheed’s families wait to board a train to Austria, at the Keleti Station in Budapest. (Photo: Priyali Sur)

On World Refugee Day, this is from The Quint’s archives.

The Hungarian police are arresting almost 150 refugees every day and very few asylum applications have been accepted until now, according to the government spokesperson.

Keleti train station, which is Budapest’s main railway terminal for international and inter-city trains, was home to thousands of refugees in the past few weeks. It now wears a deserted look after the Hungarian Government closed the Hungary-Serbia border before ordering the arrest of illegal migrants and sending most of the refugees to Austria.

Only two Syrian families are left at the station. Mohammed Ameen and Abdul Waheed’s families comprising 6 children and 4 adults are waiting to board a train to Austria. The cops warn Migration Aid volunteers at the station to move the two families immediately or they will be detained as well.

With the Rozske-Horgos (Hungary-Serbia) border closed, the refugees are finding new routes via Croatia. The Hungarian police and military are manning the Hungary-Croatia border, which wears the look of a battle zone. Special Forces personnel are stationed there to ensure all refugees reaching Hungary through Croatia are taken straight to the Austrian border in buses.

Keleti train station was home to thousands of refugees in the past few weeks. (Photo: Priyali Sur)

Keleti train station now wears a deserted look. The volunteer workers are the last few people left and are seen wrapping up the tents and other supplies. (Photo: Priyali Sur)

Exhausted by the journey and the long wait, the refugees make their way to the Hungarian border in these Croatian buses. (Photo: Priyali Sur)

The Hungarian Police at Keleti train station are stopping and interrogating all non-European people. We were also asked to turn off our camera while interviewing aid workers. (Photo: Priyali Sur)

The Hungary-Croatia border at Beremend resembles the look of a battle zone. (Photo: Priyali Sur)

The Hungarian police and military are expecting a steady influx of refugees from Croatia. (Photo: Priyali Sur)

The Hungarian police and military personnel line up near police cars and army trucks at the border. (Photo: Priyali Sur)

In much military grandeur, three Humvees rolled in, carrying a medium and heavy machine gun, grenade launcher and battle ready personnel. (Photo: Priyali Sur)

More than 40 buses are waiting at the Beremend crossing to take the refugees to the Magyarboly train station in Hungary from where they will be put on a train and send to Austria. (Photo: Priyali Sur)

To stop further influx of refugees into Hungary, the Orban government ordered the construction of a fence at the Hungary-Croatia border as well. (Photo: Priyali Sur)

Earth moving machines and army men carrying razor wire can be seen constructing the fence across the cornfields of both the countries. (Photo: Priyali Sur)

The Red Cross sets up tents with food, water and medical care as it waits for the refugees to arrive. (Photo: Priyali Sur)