Refugee Crisis: Thousands finally arrive in Germany

Thousands of refugees yesterday streamed into Germany — many travelling through Austria from Hungary where they had been stranded against their will for days — while EU governments argue over how to respond.

A convoy of around 140 cars and vans filled with food and water left Vienna to collect exhausted refugees, many from Syria, who had set out to walk the 170km stretch through the rain from Hungary’s capital Budapest to the Austrian border, from where many would continue to Germany.

Onlookers clapped and chanted, “Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here,” as volunteers loaded their vehicles with food, water, and soft toys.