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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

5 September 2015

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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

5 September 2015

Austria

Austrian lorry: 71 victims suffocated almost immediately say police

Police in Austria say the 71 migrants found dead in an abandoned lorry last week appear to have died of suffocation almost immediately after being

4 September 2015

Hungary

Hungary: Keleti station opens to migrants

The authorities in Hungary have opened the main train station in Budapest to migrants. International services, however, remain suspended. However

3 September 2015

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Exhausted and confused migrants board trains they hope will get them closer to Germany

Exhausted and confused, many migrants have crammed onto trains they hope will them closer to Hungary’s border with Austria but they’re not really

3 September 2015

Austria

Austria: Afghan teenagers rescued from van which had doors welded shut

Amid Europe’s migrant crisis, Austrian police say they have rescued 24 Afghan teenagers from a van which had its doors welded shut. The vehicle was

2 September 2015

Germany

German donations pour in to help migrants caught in the crisis

2 September 2015

Hungary

Migrant crisis: Afghan teenagers rescued from 'prison cell on wheels' in Austria

Reports say Austrian police have rescued 24 Afghan teenagers who were crammed inside a van described as a “prison cell on wheels”. It came amid

1 September 2015

Austria

'No person is illegal' - Vienna holds rally for refugees

Thousands turn out in Vienna to welcome refugees after a wave of anti migrant sentiment and tragedies

1 September 2015

Austria

Austria and Hungary hope arrests will lead to human trafficking ringleaders

Hungarian police say they have arrested a fifth man, a Bulgarian, in connection with the deaths of 71 people who were found in an abandoned lorry in

Hungary

Suspects in Austria migrant lorry tragedy appear in Hungary court

Four men accused of involvement in the trafficking of 71 migrants found dead in a lorry in Austria have been brought before a court in Hungary. The

Hungary

Budapest vigil for 71 found dead on Austrian motorway

Budapest holds a vigil for the seventy one people found dead in a truck in Austria as Hungarian police announce the arrests of several suspects.

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Austria tops the migrant league

A migrant reception centre in Traiskirchen, Austria is now housing 4,300 asylum seekers, despite its official capacity of 2,300. It is symptomatic of

Austria

'It's called the route of death': up to 200 migrants feared dead off Libyan coast

Hundreds of migrants are feared perished as shocking images show a tragic end to what is being labelled the 'route of death.'

Austria

Migrants: Vienna summit given added impetus

The discovery of a lorry containing the corpses of dead refugees on an Austrian motorway gave added impetus to a key summit on migration in Vienna

Austria

More than 70 suspected immigrants dead in Austria truck

More than 70 bodies have been recovered from a lorry found abandoned near the border with Hungary, officials have said. The refrigerated, air-tight

Austria

Austria: dozens of migrants die locked in an air-tight truck

Police examining a lorry abandoned in the lay-by of a motorway in Austria have made a grim discovery. The bodies of at least 20 immigrants have been

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Watch Fidelio at the Salzburg Festival with Jonas Kaufmann & Adrianne Pieczonka

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Heatwave hits Central and Eastern Europe

We all love a long, hot summer – apart from when it is too long and too hot. Try asking the people of Vienna, who are struggling to keep cool after

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