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Migrant crisis: Hungary buses migrants to Austria border Migrant crisis: Austria to let people in from Hungary
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Hungary has sent buses to transport migrants to Austria's border after more than 1,000 began walking there earlier. The Austrian chancellor has said his country and Germany have agreed to let migrants cross their borders from Hungary.
The BBC's Matthew Price reported late on Friday evening that buses had arrived on the roadside and that one had left carrying migrants to Austria. Werner Faymann made the comments shortly after the authorities in Hungary sent buses to transport a group who had been walking to the border.
The migrants left Budapest station on foot after a stand-off with police, defying official efforts to take them to reception centres and register them. The BBC's Matthew Price saw the first bus leave towards the Austrian and Hungarian border late on Friday.
European Union states are struggling to agree on how to deal with the crisis.European Union states are struggling to agree on how to deal with the crisis.
Earlier on Friday another group of migrants escaped along railway tracks in Bicske, to the west, from a train stopped by police. Earlier, hundreds of migrants left Budapest station on foot after a stand-off with police, defying official efforts to take them to reception centres and register them.
The surprise announcement by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff late on Friday night followed several days of chaotic scenes. Another group of migrants escaped along railway tracks in Bicske, to the west of the Hungarian capital, from a train stopped by police.
Janos Lazar said Hungary would offer buses to those walking along the main motorway to Vienna, as well as to migrants still at Budapest's Keleti railway station. The surprise announcement by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff, Janos Lazar, late on Friday night to despatch transport followed several days of chaotic scenes.
The buses would take people to Hegyeshalom, on the border with Austria. Buses have also been arriving to collect migrants who have been camped outside Keleti station in central Budapest.
"We are taking this step so Hungary's transportation is not paralysed during the next 24 hours," Mr Lazar said, according to the Associated Press news agency. The buses are to take people to Hegyeshalom, on the border with Austria.
An Austrian interior ministry statement (in German) said that the police and the Red Cross were standing ready to receive the migrants. Mr Lazar said the step was essential so the Hungarian transport network would not become "paralysed".
An Austrian interior ministry statement (in German) said that the police and the Red Cross were standing by to receive the migrants.
They would have the opportunity to apply for asylum in Austria, the statement said.They would have the opportunity to apply for asylum in Austria, the statement said.
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said in a Facebook post (in German) that Germany was also willing to receive them. In his statement on Facebook, the Austrian Chancellor said he had agreed to allow in the migrants after talks with his German counterpart, Angela Merkel.
The BBC's Matthew Price, walking with the migrants, said that as night fell, many continued to walk, but others - including a family with five children - appeared to stop for the night on the hard shoulder, or in adjacent fields.The BBC's Matthew Price, walking with the migrants, said that as night fell, many continued to walk, but others - including a family with five children - appeared to stop for the night on the hard shoulder, or in adjacent fields.
Our correspondent says there are fears among the group that the buses are a trick, and that they will be arrested rather than travel on to western Europe.
Hungary has become a major transit nation for people fleeing the Middle East and Africa, seeking to reach north and west Europe.Hungary has become a major transit nation for people fleeing the Middle East and Africa, seeking to reach north and west Europe.
Also on Friday: In other developments: