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Migrants desperate for sanctuary in Europe pack trains

J. SUBBOTOVSKA Migrants and refugees board a train by climbing through the windows as they try to avoid a Sweden.
D. KIRKA police barrier at the station in Tovarnik, Croatia, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Police said Saturday The surge of migrants con-
Associated Press more people are coming in from Serbia, mostly near the eastern border town of Tovarnik, where tinues to exact casualties.
TOVARNIK, Croatia (AP) there are already around 2,500 people waiting for transport. Two migrant vessels sank
— Migrants desperate to in the eastern Mediterra-
find sanctuary in Europe (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) nean on Sunday, killing 13
climbed through windows people.
and fought for space on Hungary’s decision to shut lence in the Middle East, sands more continue to Authorities from Greece to
trains headed north Sun- its border with Serbia set off Asia and Africa to rush from brave the Mediterranean Austria and are struggling
day as border closures and a chain reaction in Croa- one European border to the in rickety boats as they try to respond.
plunging temperatures in- tia and Slovenia that has next as they desperately try to reach more welcoming About 15,000 migrants
creased tensions among forced people fleeing vio- to find a way north. Thou- countries like Germany and crossed into Austria from
thousands in a desperate Hungary and Croatia over
rush to keep moving. the weekend.
Scuffles broke out in this In the Austrian border vil-
Croatian border town lage of Nickelsdorf, people
when hundreds of people arrived by foot Sunday af-
surged toward a train they ter a half-hour walk from
hoped would take them to the Hungarian town of He-
Austria. Police tried to hold gyeshalom. Then they lined
back the crowd, but were up for buses to take them
overwhelmed as migrants to shelters in Vienna and
tried to climb through the other parts of the coun-
windows of the already try. Austrian soldiers stood
packed carriages. alongside.
Hungary, which closed its Austrian officials are scram-
border with Serbia on Sept. bling to find places for the
15, erected another steel migrants to stay because
barrier at the Beremend many camps are already
border crossing from Croa- overcrowded.q
tia to try to slow the flow
of migrants. But they kept
coming.
The sense of desperation
increased for migrants as
days of intense heat gave
way to rain.
“Unfortunately, we sleep
here on the ground without
anything. It was very cold,”
said Muhammad Dakiri,
a Syrian asylum seeker in
Tovarnik.
“Suddenly the weather has
turned to cold and raining.
We couldn’t sleep well be-
cause in an hour or half an
hour we wake up because
we’re feeling cold.”
Volunteers handed out
tents and warm clothes
to make people more
comfortable. But migrants
abandoned the supplies
when word of the train
spread through their make-
shift encampment, leaving
tents, rain slickers and food
strewn across the town
square.