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Europe Braces for New Wave of Refugees

viennaEurope is preparing for a new wave of refugees as word filters back to others that the passage through Hungary is now easier.

Hundreds arrived Sunday at Vienna’s Westbahnhof station aboard trains from the Hungarian border, after officials in Hungary decided to allow thousands of refugees who had been stranded in Budapest to travel by train to the border.

Trains carrying refugees from the Hungarian border town of Hegyeshalom were met by cheers and applause from Austrian onlookers waiting on the station platform.

It was a far cry from their experience in Hungary, where police last week tear gassed the migrants and prevented them from reaching Austria.

Thousands had camped at Budapest’s Keleti station as trash built up and portable toilets overflowed. By Sunday morning, most of the refugees had left the terminal.

In Vienna, Austrian relief workers and other volunteers offered tea, cigarettes, candy, food, clothing and blankets to the migrants.

Abdulmalik al Khaled, a medical student fleeing Syria, said he could not believe the warm welcome he received when he got off the train.

“It is very, very, very good,“ he said, as he prepared to leave for Germany, where he hopes to get help from the German government to continue work on his medical degree. “If I don’t want to complete my studies, I want to stay here.

But Germany may be better than here to complete (my) studies, so I will travel to there. But it’s better here, in my opinion. Look, everybody is welcome in this country.”

Biggest concerns

Some in Europe are expressing concerns that the massive influx of mostly Muslim refugees may dramatically change the demographics of their continent, where low birth rates suggest the native population is not due to replace itself in the next generation.
(source: VOA)

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