Hundreds of refugees arrive in Vienna, switch trains towards Germany

Pulse Staff 05:59 - 01 September 2015

Migrants wait to get on a train after crossing into Macedonia, near the border with Greece, August 31, 2015. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

Looking happy and relieved, the migrants chanted "Germany, Germany" as volunters handed out fruit and water bottles.

Hundreds of refugees arriving from Hungary flooded into Vienna's western railway station on Monday and ran towards the next trains heading for Germany, a Reuters reporter said.

Looking happy and relieved, the migrants chanted "Germany, Germany" as volunters handed out fruit and water bottles.

Police looked on, with one officer overheard saying to another: "Where are they all going? And what are we meant to be doing?"

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