No visa, no problem, Hungary scraps checks to let migrants head west

Police stood by as thousands of migrants hopped on cross-border trains into Austria, taking advantage of Hungary’s surprise decision to stop screening international train travellers for travel visas.

No visa, no problem, Hungary scraps checks to let migrants head west

Police stood by as thousands of migrants hopped on cross-border trains into Austria, taking advantage of Hungary’s surprise decision to stop screening international train travellers for travel visas.

Fourteen trains from Hungary’s capital Budapest arrived at the Hegyeshalom station near the Austrian border, disgorging migrants onto the platform.

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