Austria, Germany open borders to migrants offloaded by Hungary

Migrants arrive at the Austrian-Hungarian border station of Hegyeshalom, Hungary, September 5, 2015.

Migrants gesture on a bus bound for Austria and Germany, next to the Keleti train station in Budapest, Hungary, September 5, 2015.

HEGYESHALOM, HUNGARY/VIENNA | BY KRISZTINA THAN AND KARIN STROHECKER

Sat Sep 5, 2015

Austria and Germany threw open their borders to thousands of exhausted migrants on Saturday, bussed to the Hungarian border by a right-wing government that had tried to stop them but was overwhelmed by the sheer numbers reaching Europe’s frontiers.

Austria, Germany Open Borders to Migrants Offloaded by Hungary by Thavam Ratna