Refugees break out of camp in Hungary

Hundreds of refugees broke out of a Hungarian border camp and others set off on foot from Budapest as authorities scrambled to contain a crisis that has brought Europe’s asylum system to breaking point.

Police said they had given chase and halted traffic on a nearby motorway after300 refugees fled a crowded reception centre in Roszke on Hungary’s southern border with Serbia.

They said another 2,300 refugees still inside were threatening to break out too. The MTI state news agency said dozens more had fled a camp west of Budapest in the town of Bicske.