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[h=1]Shocking moment desperate father throws himself, his wife and baby onto rail tracks in Hungary after realising their 'train to Austria' is actually taking them to a refugee camp[/h]
- Keleti Railway Terminus in Budapest has been closed to migrant by the Hungarian authorities for the past two days
- But after tense stand-offs, Hungarian police officers withdrew from the station this morning, triggering chaotic scenes
- The crowds stormed a stationary train in the belief they would be allowed to travel on to Austria and Germany
- But Hungary's main railway operator said there would be no direct trains leaving for western Europe any time today
A desperate refugee family have been photographed being dragged off an Austria-bound train by Hungarian authorities who wanted to take them away to a migrant holding camp.
Having finally been allowed to leave Budapest on board trains bound for western Europe after a tense two day stand off with police, hundreds of refugees now face further frustration and delays after their train was halted in the nearby town of Bicske and all those on board ordered off.Hungarian police officers wearing protective helmets and carrying truncheons demanded the refugees make their way to a migrant holding centre in the town - leading to clashes with those desperate to start a new life in western Europe.In one particularly harrowing sequence of images a father overcome with emotion tries desperately to protect his wife and child from being taken away - lying down on the tracks in protest before officers dragged them away for their own safety.
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Danger: In one particularly harrowing sequence of images a father overcome with emotion tries desperately to protect his wife and child from being taken away - lying down on the tracks in protest
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This desperate migrant family were forced off a train by police in Hungary, as authorities tried to take them to a holding camp
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Taken away: Hungarian police officers wearing protective helmets and carrying truncheons demanded the refugees make their way to a migrant holding centre in Bicske - 23 miles from Budapest
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Lost control: The harrowing images show a man completely lose control of his emotions as he pleads to be allowed to stay with his family
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Emotion: A refugee mother lies on the tracks with her young baby as Hungarian authorities try to detain her and take her to a holding camp
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The refugee family tried lying down on the tracks in protest before Hungarian police officers dragged them away for their own safety
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Having pleaded for his family not to be taken to a migrant camp, the refugee father was dragged from the scene in tears by police officers
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The refugee father bites on to his wife's jacket in a desperate attempt to avoid being taken away from his family by Hungarian police
Earlier, hundreds of desperate migrants poured into Budapest's main railway station this morning after Hungarian police withdrew following a two-day standoff, triggering chaotic scenes. Crowds stormed a stationary train, cramming children through open windows in the belief they might travel west to Austria and Germany. Hungary's main railway operator, however, said there would be no direct trains leaving for western Europe today.Within a few hours a train carrying hundreds of migrants left the railway station, purportedly bound for Sopron on Hungary's border with Austria.