Austria Germany emergency: More than 7,000 Arab and Asian asylum seekers surged into Austria and Germany on emergency buses booked by Hungary immigrant-loathing government, according to Toronto Star. Travellers predominantly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan who had been told for days they could not leave Hungary were scooped from roadsides and Budapest central train station and placed on overnight buses, driven to the frontier with Austria and allowed to walk across. On Saturday, for the first time since fleeing their troubled homelands, they could set foot in their promised land — and it came with a German face so friendly that it brought some newcomers to tears of joy. They were met with wholly unexpected hospitality featuring free high-speed trains, boxes of supplies, and gauntlets of well-wishers offering candy and cuddly toys for children. Michael Dalder/Reuters/ REUTERSA young boy plays with a teddy bear he received at the registration point for migrant arrivals at the main station in Munich, Germany September 5, 2015. Adults absorbed the sudden welcome with a look of childlike wonderment as the locals made clear that they had reached a land that just might become a home.
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