After travelling miles, the thousands of refugees who streamed into Germany and Austria from Hungary over the weekend received a warm welcome. Following chaotic scenes in Hungary, where thousands were trapped and blocked from travelling onwards, they celebrated as they crossed the borders.
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Migrants and refugees celebrate as they cross the border from Serbia into Hungary along the railway tracks. This comes after days of confrontation and chaos in Hungary – it unexpectedly opened its borders with Austria allowing thousands of migrants to leave the country and travel onto Germany.
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A boy plays with a ball while waiting for a bus to Austria after crossing the Hungarian-Austrian border.
A refugee boy plays with a balloon at the Austro-Hungarian border.
A child blows bubbles as she waits with hundreds of refugees for a bus further into Austria after crossing the Austro-Hungarian border.
A boy smiles while he rests with his parents and siblings at a platform at Vienna’s Westbahnhof train station in Austria after they have arrived by a train from Hungary.
An Austrian volunteer hugs a refugee child.
The refugees I am meeting at the Vienna station are so grateful for the warm welcome. pic.twitter.com/uwwK89uQ3B
— Melissa Fleming (@melissarfleming) September 5, 2015
Jan is 12 – he welcomed #refugees arriving in Vienna with warm coffee & an even warmer smile #refugeeswelcome pic.twitter.com/y9RwgK6WK4
— Alex Court (@CourtA) September 5, 2015
After arriving #austria from #hungary the #refugees could breathe. #refugeeswelcome #nickelsdorf #europe pic.twitter.com/Qa5wka8xu5
— Marion and Daniel (@marionanddaniel) September 7, 2015
Video showing how refugees are being welcomed across Germany and Austria.
People hold up a “Welcome” banner at the main station in Saalfeld, eastern Germany, as trains from Austria carrying refugees who were stuck in Hungary arrive.
A volunteer stands amid relief goods in a train cabin in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, before handing them to refugees as they arrived.
A placard reading “Welcome to Germany” on the wall of the main station in Dortmund, western Germany, where refugees who were stuck in Hungary were expected to arrive.
A volunteer hands out care bags to refugees in Berlin.
A refugee is handed food as he walks to get a bus after his arrival at the train station in Dortmund, western Germany.
Germans waiting to give toys to refugee children…heartwarming pic.twitter.com/dcCASsAW7E
— jenny hill (@jennyhillBBC) September 5, 2015