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| Migrant crisis: Hungary train stand-off enters second day | Migrant crisis: Hungary train stand-off enters second day |
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| A tense stand-off between police and migrants on a train in Hungary is continuing into a second day. | A tense stand-off between police and migrants on a train in Hungary is continuing into a second day. |
| On Thursday, police let the migrants board the train in Budapest but then tried to force them off at a refugee camp to the west of the capital. | On Thursday, police let the migrants board the train in Budapest but then tried to force them off at a refugee camp to the west of the capital. |
| Hungarian MPs face a key vote later on whether to tighten border controls as migrants try to pass through to their preferred destination, Germany. | Hungarian MPs face a key vote later on whether to tighten border controls as migrants try to pass through to their preferred destination, Germany. |
| Three other European meetings on Friday will discuss the migrant crisis. | Three other European meetings on Friday will discuss the migrant crisis. |
| Members of the European Commission are also flying to the Greek island of Kos to examine the difficulties caused by the large numbers of refugees and migrants landing there. | Members of the European Commission are also flying to the Greek island of Kos to examine the difficulties caused by the large numbers of refugees and migrants landing there. |
| Live updates on the crisis | |
| Meanwhile, a Syrian Kurdish child who drowned while attempting to cross to Kos is due to be buried in his hometown of Kobane on Friday. | |
| The family of Alan Kurdi has crossed the border from Turkey to Syria, carrying coffins bearing his body and those of family members who died with him. | |
| Images of the toddler's limp body, washed ashore on a Turkish beach, were widely circulated on Thursday, heightening outrage over the migrant crisis. | |
| 'Ashamed' | 'Ashamed' |
| The Hungarian MPs will also vote on creating new holding camps for migrants, and on whether the situation constitutes a state of emergency. | The Hungarian MPs will also vote on creating new holding camps for migrants, and on whether the situation constitutes a state of emergency. |
| Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday described the situation as a "German problem" as Germany was where those arriving in the EU "would like to go". | Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday described the situation as a "German problem" as Germany was where those arriving in the EU "would like to go". |
| However, Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn - who is heading the EU meetings on the crisis - criticised Hungary's conservative leader on German television on Thursday night, saying: "One sometimes has to be ashamed for Viktor Orban." | However, Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn - who is heading the EU meetings on the crisis - criticised Hungary's conservative leader on German television on Thursday night, saying: "One sometimes has to be ashamed for Viktor Orban." |
| European Council President Donald Tusk said at least 100,000 refugees should be distributed across EU states - a sharp increase on a previous European Commission target of 40,000. | European Council President Donald Tusk said at least 100,000 refugees should be distributed across EU states - a sharp increase on a previous European Commission target of 40,000. |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said they would present plans for the redistribution of refugees within the EU. | German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said they would present plans for the redistribution of refugees within the EU. |
| Migrant crisis: coverage in detail | Migrant crisis: coverage in detail |
| Ten powerful photos | Ten powerful photos |
| Hungary lays bare EU East-West split | Hungary lays bare EU East-West split |
| Will one image change our views? | Will one image change our views? |
| Migrant crisis in graphics | Migrant crisis in graphics |
| Volunteers step up | Volunteers step up |
| Analysis: Jenny Hill, BBC News, Berlin | Analysis: Jenny Hill, BBC News, Berlin |
| Last week, the German government indicated it would grant asylum to Syrian refugees regardless of how they'd entered Europe. | Last week, the German government indicated it would grant asylum to Syrian refugees regardless of how they'd entered Europe. |
| That attitude has enraged the Hungarian leader, Viktor Orban, who blames Germany's welcoming reputation for the high number of refugees crossing his country. | That attitude has enraged the Hungarian leader, Viktor Orban, who blames Germany's welcoming reputation for the high number of refugees crossing his country. |
| Angela Merkel disagrees. Germany, she said, is simply fulfilling its "moral and legal" obligations. This is a situation which, she argues, "affects all of us in Europe". | Angela Merkel disagrees. Germany, she said, is simply fulfilling its "moral and legal" obligations. This is a situation which, she argues, "affects all of us in Europe". |
| But it's a situation that creates a huge domestic challenge too. Up to 800,000 people are expected to seek asylum in Germany this year alone. | But it's a situation that creates a huge domestic challenge too. Up to 800,000 people are expected to seek asylum in Germany this year alone. |
| Germany seizes its chance to help | Germany seizes its chance to help |
| How could EU solve the crisis? | How could EU solve the crisis? |
| The British government, in particular, is coming under growing pressure to take in more migrants. | |
| British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to announce plans to allow more Syrian refugees into the country, to help ease a crisis brought to the fore this week by images of a three-year-old Syrian boy found drowned in Turkey. | |
| Mr Cameron is heading to Spain and Portugal for talks on Friday that are sure to include the migrant crisis. | |
| The crisis is also due to be discussed at a series of high-level talks across Europe on Friday: | |
| The UN has meanwhile urged the EU to admit up to 200,000 refugees as part of "a mass relocation programme" that had the "mandatory participation" of all member states. | |
| A statement from Antonio Guterres, the UN High Commissioner of Refugees, said Europe needed to build "adequate reception capacities", especially in Greece, replacing a "piecemeal" approach with a "common strategy". | |
| By Nick Thorpe, BBC Budapest correspondent | |
| Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is a political leader who thrives on conflict. | |
| While he tolerates no dissent within his Fidesz party, he enjoys taking on his opponents. But in the refugee crisis now overwhelming Hungary, he is attacking not only the migrants themselves, but, increasingly, Germany. | |
| Mr Orban himself has described proposals for binding quotas of refugees to be accepted by all EU countries as "idiotic" - a personal insult to Chancellor Angela Merkel. | |
| His game now seems to be two-fold: to stir up xenophobia at home by appearing both patriotic and powerful and to reach out to anti-migrant opinion across Europe. | |
| International services had been suspended at Budapest's Keleti railway station but hundreds crammed on to the first train on Thursday, hoping it would take them to the Austrian border. | International services had been suspended at Budapest's Keleti railway station but hundreds crammed on to the first train on Thursday, hoping it would take them to the Austrian border. |
| Instead, the train stopped at the Hungarian town of Bicske about 40km (25 miles) west of Budapest, which hosts a major refugee camp. Police then lined the platforms. | Instead, the train stopped at the Hungarian town of Bicske about 40km (25 miles) west of Budapest, which hosts a major refugee camp. Police then lined the platforms. |
| Some people at first left the train but then forced their way back on when they realised where the authorities wanted them to go. | Some people at first left the train but then forced their way back on when they realised where the authorities wanted them to go. |
| They fear that registering at the camp will make it harder for them to seek asylum in Germany and other countries. | They fear that registering at the camp will make it harder for them to seek asylum in Germany and other countries. |
| Images showed the migrants sleeping overnight on the train at Bicske. Many people also continued to camp out at Keleti station, and elsewhere in Budapest, overnight. | Images showed the migrants sleeping overnight on the train at Bicske. Many people also continued to camp out at Keleti station, and elsewhere in Budapest, overnight. |
| BBC Radio Four's Today programme has interviewed a Syrian teacher at a camp in Hungary, who said her family wanted asylum in Germany after having struggled to survive in Lebanon and Turkey. | |
| "All the governments make this war in Syria," the woman, identified as Hamza, said. "And now they... prevent us going to their countries." | |
| Migrants or refugees? | Migrants or refugees? |
| The word migrant is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "one who moves, either temporarily or permanently, from one place, area, or country of residence to another". | The word migrant is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "one who moves, either temporarily or permanently, from one place, area, or country of residence to another". |
| A refugee is, according to the 1951 Refugee Convention, any person who "owing to a well-founded fear" of persecution is outside their country of nationality and "unable" or "unwilling" to seek the protection of that country. To gain the status, one has to go through the legal process of claiming asylum. | A refugee is, according to the 1951 Refugee Convention, any person who "owing to a well-founded fear" of persecution is outside their country of nationality and "unable" or "unwilling" to seek the protection of that country. To gain the status, one has to go through the legal process of claiming asylum. |
| The word migrant has traditionally been considered a neutral term, but some criticise the BBC and other media for using a word they say implies something voluntary, and should not be applied to people fleeing danger. | The word migrant has traditionally been considered a neutral term, but some criticise the BBC and other media for using a word they say implies something voluntary, and should not be applied to people fleeing danger. |
| Battle over words to describe migrants | Battle over words to describe migrants |
| Are you in Hungary? Are you in Bicske on or near the train? Do you have friends and family who may be affected by this story? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your experiences. If you are happy to speak to a BBC journalist, please include contact details. | Are you in Hungary? Are you in Bicske on or near the train? Do you have friends and family who may be affected by this story? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your experiences. If you are happy to speak to a BBC journalist, please include contact details. |
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