Desperate scenes in Budapest as migrants try to get to Western Europe

The station reopened this morning after a two day stand off with refugee families


There are desperate scenes at the main train station in Budapest - as hundreds of people try to cram onto trains bound for western Europe.

The station reopened this morning after a two day stand off with refugee families.

However, authorities say no trains will be travelling internationally.

Meanwhile... 

The family of a Syrian boy found dead on a beach in Turkey yesterday had been denied permission for legal migration to Canada.

Images of 3 year old Aylan Kurdi's body have been printed on the front pages of newspapers across the world today and circulated on line.

They were first shared by Peter Bouckaert, Emergency Director at the human rights organisation Human Rights Watch.

He says the little boy's brother and mother also died:

 

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