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ROSZKE, Hungary (AP) — Several hundred Arabs, Asians and Africans have broken through police lines in Hungary and are marching north on the main highway toward Budapest.
Police repeatedly tried to form lines blocking roadways around a migrant holding center near the Serbian border, but the asylum seekers vastly outnumbered police and were easily able to outflank the lines of officers, jogging through farm fields to reach the motorway. Traffic has been halted in both directions. Police have been walking alongside the marchers but not trying to stop them.
Over the weekend, Hungarian authorities began putting thousands of people on buses to the Austrian border, but the marchers apparently became tired of waiting. Hungary also has stopped checking foreigners for travel visas at train stations, making it easier for the newcomers to leave Hungary for the wealthier West, particularly Germany.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban is blasting other European leaders who blame his country for stoking the chaos, saying Hungary may be a "black sheep" but it's a voice of reason in the EU flock.
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181-a-05-(Mark Wade, humanitarian worker, in AP interview)-"move people quicker"-Humanitarian worker Mark Wade says the migrant camps are full and refugees and migrants cannot get bussed away quick enough. (7 Sep 2015)
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182-a-14-(Mark Wade, humanitarian worker, in AP interview)-"are very traumatized"-Humanitarian worker Mark Wade says migrants and refugees sheltered at the camp in Hungary are from many different countries. (7 Sep 2015)
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183-a-16-(Mark Wade, humanitarian worker, in AP interview)-"sad stories unfortunately"-Humanitarian worker Mark Wade says the refugees at the camp are frightened and desparate to start a new life. (7 Sep 2015)
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APPHOTO XMD101: Migrants move away from a temporary holding center controlled by Hungarian authorities in Roszke, southern Hungary, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, inside Hungary, just over the border from Serbia. The situation is confused with many hundreds of migrants moving in several directions and trying to reach a migrant registration camp, rather than wait for a unreliable bus service. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) (7 Sep 2015)
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APPHOTO XMD105: A man holds his child as he tries to talk to Hungarian police officers in Roszke, southern Hungary, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, inside Hungary, just over the border from Serbia. The situation is confused with many hundreds of migrants moving in several directions and trying to reach a migrant registration camp, rather than wait for a unreliable bus service.(AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) (7 Sep 2015)
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APPHOTO XMD104: Migrants move away from a temporary holding center controlled by Hungarian authorities in Roszke, southern Hungary, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, inside Hungary, just over the border from Serbia. The situation is confused with many hundreds of migrants moving in several directions and trying to reach a migrant registration camp, rather than wait for a unreliable bus service.(AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) (7 Sep 2015)
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APPHOTO XMD103: Hungarian police officer is overwhelmed by the numbers of migrants, as he walks with a group of people that walked out of a temporary holding center controlled by Hungarian authorities in Roszke, southern Hungary, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, inside Hungary, just over the border from Serbia. The situation is confused with many hundreds of migrants moving in several directions and trying to reach a migrant registration camp, rather than wait for a unreliable bus service.(AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) (7 Sep 2015)
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