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Two young Austrians offer refugees ticket to ride

Taking time off work two young Austrians, a chef and a chimney sweep, are ferrying refugees to Vienna for free and helping them out of their own pockets

Hungary

Thousands of migrants pour into Austria

The long 'misery march' - thousands of migrants pour into Austria as they try to reach richer Western nations in search of a better and safer future.

Germany

Germany insists border remains open despite controls

Hundreds of migrants and refugees have been gathering at the Austrian-German border following Berlin’s decision to reintroduce border checks on

Germany

Merkel placates German regions over refugee numbers

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has found herself under fire over allowing thousands of refugees into the country in recent weeks, only to do a

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Austria

Germany and Austria beef up border checks

Austrian authorities have followed Germany’s lead and imposed additional border checks on its eastern border. Train services from Hungary via Austria

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Migrants: queues build at border as Germany suspends Schengen

Germany has temporarily re-introduced border checks as it tries to deal with a record influx of refugees and migrants. The decision goes against the

Germany

Germany introduces 'temporary' controls along Austrian border

Ahead of an EU Interior Ministers’ crisis meeting on Monday the strain of absorbing so many refugees may be starting to tell in Germany. Berlin is

Greece

Germany: expected surge in migrants from Hungary doesn't materialise

Migrants and refugees have been continuing to stream into Germany. More than nine-thousand arrived at Munich’s rail station on Saturday. But police

Austria

Austria closes motorway between Vienna and Hungarian border

Austria has closed the motorway that leads from the Hungarian border to Vienna, and its train connections with Hungary will remain closed through the

Sport

Austrian skiing ace Raich retires

Austrian Benjamin Raich has called time on his glittering career announcing his retirement after 19 years on the World Cup circuit. The 37-year-old

Austria

Migrants: Austrian rail suspends services to and from Hungary

Austrian state railways have suspended services to and from Hungary as a result of overcrowding. Special trains have been laid on to transport

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Migrants arrive in Austria

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The end of the road: volunteers drive refugees from Hungary to Austria

The end of the road is in sight for some refugees as a convoy of cars reaches Budapest intent on helping them reach Austria and Germany.

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Refugees flow through Hungary and Austria, eager to reach Germany

Thousands of refugees were shuttled by bus and train to Austria and Germany over the weekend, after being stuck in Hungary for days. Austria expects

Hungary

Hungary could 'deploy the army' amid relentless migrant surge

Following in the footsteps of those who had already made it to Germany, hundreds more migrants and refugees set off on foot in Hungary on Saturday

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German border and hearts opened to thousands of relieved refugees

Germany’s welcome couldn’t have been warmer for the thousands of exhausted migrants and refugees who entered the country from Hungary, via Austria

Germany

Willkommen in München migrants arrive in Germany

The first trainloads of migrants travelling from Hungary via Austria have arrived in the German city of Munich. Bayern Munich's Javi Martinez went to

Austria

Next stop Vienna as migrants board trains to the Austrian capital

After days of despair for thousands of migrants in Budapest the Hungarian government has taken the decision to bus the asylum seekers to the Austrian

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Destination Germany as thousands of migrants reach Austria from Hungary

Thousands of migrants and refugees have been streaming into Austria, exhausted after an overnight journey and days of confrontation and chaos in

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Relieved migrants cross Hungary-Austria border

Weary migrants were finally able to cross Hungary’s border with Austria on Saturday after the Budapest government gave up its efforts to stop them

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