i think we've lost the connection to andrew simmons who was live for us at bicske. hungarian authorities said they were the going to restrict the crossing at 22 many gmt, it apps they've done it already. they've been putting it up for weeks now, i'm decembering it's near completion. the hungarians saying they will apply eu law, whenever an asylum seeker arrives they have to apply for asylum, which means they have to process every single asylum seeker that is waiting to cross the border and anyone they deem to be an economic migrant is not going to be granted asylum. we'll see pictures more pictures now, night coming down in roske. european union ministers are meeting in brussels to discussion the refugee crisis. yowrts thoutside, the aunt of te three-year-old victim. >> please do something, lets put hand together, find the solution. make it happen. people should open their hearts and help those refugees. >> jacky rowland is live in brussels for us. these beeshe's been watching the meetings. jacky any development coming out of there? >> reporter: no, what we've been

andrew simmons our correspondent got on board with some of them. >> reporter: yet another cue for weary refugees but this is a breakthrough, hundreds are being allowed to board trains to germany and austria and some families have been stuck living on pavements surrounding the station for more than a month and this is happening only a few hours after the hungarian government said no travel across borders without visas. none of these people have visas and now they are crammed in a train, bound for munich and cleared to leave. but the austrian border there is confusion and delays of several hours because the rail way wasn't happy the over crowded carriages wanted to transport passengers to other trains. this man from syria talks after one month of traveling. >> i had a place in germany and stay there one day, two days and i was debating where i go. maybe in germany because it's a big country and maybe good. >> reporter: some refugees were stressed about whether they were free to carry on across the border and didn't believe rail officials. after an hour and a half came relief. it's stiflin

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andrew simmons reports. >> families following in the weary footsteps of others. any hope there will be another refugee exodus like to germany over the weekend are diminishing. hundreds of refugees have spent days in this field, waiting for buses, to be registered. the police are refusing to move but there is ream anger here not just amongst the men but frustration against the mothers, the children who have been here for three days and it's really cold at night. this man has brought his family from afghanistan, eventually they are lined up preparing to board a bus then this. consume, this is this man's children. >> go back go back go back. >> what do you make of this? >> you can see the situation. we are not a the good people here. they are not acting as human. they are just doing like animals. this is not a human being. you see? >> reporter: nearby, syrians are gathered, this man complaining he has been stuck here for two days. >> foster the going administration to take the people to another village or another camp. >> scuffles break out after the people decide t

andrew simmons referred to it as a march of home. we don't yet know if that hope is justified on behalf of the refugees. we don't know what is awaiting for them at the border or if the hungarian police, authorities stopped those trains leaving from budapest to all industry are germany whether hungarian police will actually act on anything. but for the moment, we see those thousands of people marching towards the border out of hundred gare. >>> four charges for the detective of the toddler on the turkish beach. the three-year-ol three-year-ols five-year-old brother and month never all drowned when their boat capsized shortly after embarking for the greek island of kos. they were laid to lef rest on fy in their home city of cobane. the boys' father who survived once again spoke about their ordeal. >> translator: it was my third attempt at making the crossing with the same smuggler. i boarded a six-meter boat with my sons and wife. over 12 people on board and the captain. he convinced me the boat was in good condition. the captain jumpe

andrew simmons is live for us in budapest. i understand, andrew that you're with some of the people trying to make the journal on foot now. so what has been going on? >> reporter: this is an extraordinary situation, such a sharp contrast to events in bicske. i actual actually nearly 30-kilometers outside the budapest now. on the n1 motorway, would you believe. and look at this. the traffic is resumed again, at one stage the motorway was closed and these people, i have been here now for this location for more than 10 minutes. and this stream has continued throughout. and look beyond it. it goes right the way back. well over 1,000 marchers of mainly syrian origin. refugees fleeing war. there are a range of people here. men, the majority, but there are also families, just look i think to the side here. this little boy here making his own way. his mother or certainly another woman down there. there is an extraordinary atmosphere here, one of massive resolve. one of determination. one of a degree of fear because no one trusts the p

simmons is following developments, andrew what is the latest? >> remarkable adrian because the last time i spoke to you all refugees were worried and panicking because they thought the motor way had been blocked off and they were going to be put on buses, that is the level of concern here. now there are more than a thousand, it's unbelievable "the stream" of the people on this motor way. that road black was, in fact, to help them rather than hinder them would you believe compared to the situation in bitska this is the opposite situation. the police are helping them, not hindering them and if you look at this situation now they have now got the situation under control in one single column are going on the motor way and the traffic although very well held up is being controlled by the police and it is flowing at a very slow rate but what we are finding now is that the leaders of this march are under a motor way bridge earlier since i last talked to you allegedlied everyone around and in the shade for a while and in arabic said are you up for it an

andrew simmons, al jazeera, hertzecologne. hungary. >> hungarian police sprayed tear gas at refugees after struggles broke out near serbian border. eu ministers are meeting in luxembourg in a few hours to seek a solution to the refugee crisis. jacky rowland has the story. >> pressure is growing on european leaders to come up with some kind of coherent coordinated approach towards tens of thousands of refugees who are turning up in europe. up until now the approach has been very patchy, the front line countries of italy and greece and hungary, struggling with these daily rifle arrivals prety much. it is difficult to see how the leaders will be able to reach some kind of a common follow when you bear in mind the huge differences of opinion that exist across the european union. from countries like france and germany are saying we need to have an organized system for sharing the new arrivals throughout the member states, the united states and the united kingdom are very wary of taking on numbers and accepting any imposed quotas, t

a report from andrew simmons who walked with the refugees from budapest to the border. have a look. >> a simple idea of leaving the budapest railway station behind, has taken the authorities by surprise, particularly the police. it may seem far fetched to think they could reach the australia ran border by foot, moraustralat because it's 170 kilometers away. there are hundreds of families keeping up with the leading groups. disabled people are taking part too. you could be forgiven by thinking this is somewhat of a marathon, not the desperate flight of hundreds of men women and children. organizers spurred everyone on. hungarian volunteers donated water fruit and biscuits have been setting up rest points along the way. spokesman of the united nations for refugees. >> definitely they are not prepared what is happening now. hundreds of people are walking towards austria, this is a long long journey, still 150 kilometers to the border. >> reporter: on the day hungary approved draconian legislation, they carried on. a will to succeed and a belief there is a better life on th

andrew simmons reports. >> flow of refugees into hungary has now stopped. festivalfirst of all, police pun place razor wire. police were advising the refugees who looked in such a bedraggled shape, police blocked the rail line five, six hours, possibly seven hours ahead of that deadline and they were unable to come forward. they were told to go to the official crossing point which is around two o two kilometers way, officials are saying this is situation now, any refugees have to go to those official crossing points or have to prove they are refugees, if they are economic migrants they will be turned around. at midnight there will be big changes in asylum law which could mean that anybody coming into serbia that will be a safe third country, that's where they'll register as a refugee and their claims of asylum if entered into in hungary won't be valid, they'll be turned around and sent back. so a large number of refugees could be accumulating in serbia and a big humanitarian issue there. if anyone crosses and manages to get through fence that will be a crim

andrew simmons is there. >> we're in the second day of this stand off and if anything the resolve of the averages is getting stronger by the hour. the police are holding line here. there are demonstrations. sporadic ones. they're unable to buy tickets because they have to have visas if and passports to do so. what we're find something that there is more tension developing in the outer side of this concorde. the walkway over there is blocked off by police wearing riot gear. and there was literally a stand off of only a few feet between protesters and police earlier. that seemed very tense, but it blew over. it appears that the refugees don't want confrontation. by no means. they just want a way out of here. the police don't want them here any way. hungary is taking a very right-wing line on this, with stiffer applications. what we have here is no obvious way out for either side. it would seem as the legislation has "s" passed there could be a clearing up of this area of people deported. >> andrew simmons in budapest. we asked from the u.n. office of the high commissioner of refugees i

andrew simmons is at a terminal in budapest. more than 3,500 getting through austria and on to germany. but now the police are acting as guards stopping them from getting into the station even. until they are sprawled all over, some demonstrationing some are just lying on the floor exhausted. many have tickets valid tints, large families paying up to 1,000 euro whether they will get their money back is open to question. in the past small numbers have gotten on the trains. this is a crisis without any explanation at all. the government has explained to the people, nor have the police. the railway company has said that the police have closed the station, and because they couldn't operate around about 9:00, now we are seeing railways allowing other passengers into the station, but the police are resolved to stop the refugees from getting in. many of them are insistent they will stay here until they are allowed into the station, and onboard plains andrew simmons, meanwhile, hundreds of have arrived in munich, germany, volunteers pro

andrew simmons is at the terminal in budapest. >> reporter: such a dramatic contrast to monday when hundreds were getting on to international trains here. more than 3,500 getting through austria and on to germany. now police are stopping them from getting into the station even. they are sprawled all over, some demonstrating, some just lying on the floor exhausted. many have valid tickets. large families paying up to 1,000 euro, whether they will get their money back is open to question. in the past small numbers have got on trains and not gotten their money back after buying tickets. the government hasn't explained, ngo's hasn't explained, nor have the police. they say the police closed the station eventually because they couldn't operate about 9:00 on tuesday morning. now we are seeing railway staff allowing other passengers into the station, but the police are resolved to stop the refugees from getting in. many are insistent that they will stay here until they are allowed into the station and on board trains. >>> andrew simmons in budapest. hungary says germany's acceptance of refugees is

andrew simmons, al jazeera, hungary. >> so while we see those extraordinary scenes of thousands of people making their way across europe, politicians are meeting in luxembourg to discuss the crisis. permanent quota for refugees. italy's foreign minister says the freedom of movement within the shangen zone could be jeopardized unless there is agreement. jacky rowland, once again we find ourselves with this issue of whether europe can speak with a common voice or not. >> well, clearly, the scenes that we've seen on various of the entry points to europe, right now in hungary, but also, in greece and in italy, really outline the fact that any idea of any kind of common eu policy on asylum is really in at that timers. there was this rule wrive i whea person had to claim asylum, they had to do so in the first country of entry pfn greece or e or italy. but germany has said it would welcome them. you have to clearly apply for asylum now, the system is broken. but whether or not these mifntseministers can actually an a system is clearly unlikely. the gulf of different positions of countries, as yo

andrew simmons has t the story. >> it's taken authorities by surprise particularly the police. this march is bigger than expected, it seems far fetched to reach the austrian border by foot, it is more than 170 kilometers. >> it's a very, very long way. >> it is a long way but we have no choice. >> out of the city and on to the main motor way west. the mood is upbeat, remarkable, people under such stress. but some people are worried that police could lead them into stress, as in bicske. disabled people are taking part too. you can be forgiven in thinking this was some sore sort of a marathon. hundreds of men, women and children. under a railway bridge, onloo onlookers cheered the refugees on. among the walkers is a spokesperson for united nations high commission for refugees and he's worried the police may stop the march. >> definitely they are not prepared for what is happening now. there are hundreds of people who are walking towards australi au. this is a long long journey so this is still more than 150 kilometers to the border. >> on the day hungary approved draconian legisl

andrew simmons reports. >> reporter: families following in the weary steps of thousands. they only hope there will be another refugee exodus into austria and germany like the weekend are diminishing. nothing changes here. it's getting worse. hundreds of refugees have spent three days in this field guarded by police. waiting for buses to take them to a camp to be registered. the police are refusing to move but there is real anger here, not just among the men but the mothers, it's really cold at night. this man has brought his family from afghanistan. eventually, they're lined up, preparing to board a bus. then this. >> stand back. move back. >> reporter: consume, this is this man'excuse me.this is this. what do you make of this? >> we are not acting as human. they are just doing like animals. this is not a human being. >> reporter: nearby, syrians are gathered. this man complains he's been stuck here for two days. >> stay the people to another village or another camp. >> reporter: scuffles break out after the people decide to protest, trying to break away from the assembly

andrew simmons is live in budapest. >> reporter: some injuries minor, and also some arrests. the train over here stopped. it obviously wasn't a scheduled stop. this is only 40 kilometers outside of the capitol and there was confusion. people were panicking on board. convinced that this was some sort of trap -- sort of trap they had been talking about earlier, they were worried that this would happen. but they have been convinced by a lot of people that this was a way to the border, they may not necessarily travel right across the border, because it's not an international train, but they thought they were on their way. then came the stop, and they were removed by the police. and people started lying on the railway tracks refusing to go any further, and one family, a man, his wife, and their toddler were lying across the track refusing to leave. it took a huge group of riot police to remove them. and then people started forcing their way back on the train. a standoff took place. the people refusing to move from the train, and intent on staying. we were on that platform, and a s

andrew simmons is at the boarder and sends us this report. >> in a state of emergency, hungry has taken the cries entice a new direction. and it makes life even harder for refugees. many have found themselves stuck in no man's land, with no way into hungary, and no way back to serbia. >> they don't understand us. i told the army just describe our situation, that it's humanitarian situation, but they don't understand. >> by shutting it's main border crossing into the european union, hungary has provoked outrage from it's southern neighbors. but the government here, insists it's new laws are justified. >> those who haven't applied on their journey, to the hungarian border, to any kind of asylum, and there's no sign of that in the system, and they don't have proof of that, they will be turned back. the order of the life is stronger than the order of the law. we will not forgive this matter to the hungary government. the far right party said they had done too little too late. heckled by two protestors. >> refugees on the other side of the fence, were ael pooing for water and food. >> the pr

the record numbers are showing no sign of easing, andrew simmons reports now. >> jeremy may have been a destination they could reach on monday, but not any more. the refugees had feared this would happen, and it did. >> what is the solution? everyone can be in our situation. please, give office solution. >> such dramatickic contrast to monday, now the police instead of letting people onboard the trains are stopping them from getting access to the station, a look at the atmosphere, these people just waiting with no word of what might happen, so many of them who have already bought tickets being barred from i have into the station the demonstrations vocal but not aggressive carries on right through the day but perhaps the dilemma is conveyed more by the size of exhausting families that bought their tickets only to be turned away. they settles in the shade, wherever they could find it refusing to move. once again, the issue of free movement and the biggest refugee crisis since the second world war is playing out. >> it is a shame. people don't want this. i came here to see, and maybe i c

but first, andrew simmons reports on the latest situation in hungary. >> reporter: it was a day that started with elation, refugees running through doors that suddenly, unexpectedly opened. they thought they were going to be bound for austria, or germany, most of them with international tickets. they crowded into carriages, but this train traveled for a little more than an hour. and then this unscheduled stop. the police thought they were going to take them to a refugee camp. some dropped onto the rail line. the police moved in, he resisted, all of the force that he could muster to pull the police away. it happened and enraged other refugees, and unfortunately, the family was taken away. gradually it turned from anger to subdued, refugees posting notes on windows, chanting occasionally, no police, no camps. >> they say, you will go on a train, and they bring us here, we don't know we, we don't need to stay. >> not for the first time in this crisis, there was confusion, stress and sheer exhaustion. then the police moved again. >> these people have been here for more than two hours in

andrew simmons special report. >> father and daughter alone with their thoughts. they have come so far herded from one place to the next. like the others here bedding down for the night. it's the uncertainty that hurts as much as the bruises and sores. >> some people think we will die in the sea, everywhere, everywhere, when you sleep in the street when you -- without anything. >> if all goes well this is the day their painful odyssey will end in germany. but if you're a refugee, this is the only way you can board a train in budapest. and it's the strongest who make the most headway. without help, the youngest are in danger of being crushed. the police have orders to let through only enough people to fill one carriage of each train. abdul razak and his only daughter rabir have waited eight hours to get to this point but they make it. on the move again, destination germany. >> how is your dad now? >> loving. i just want to make him feel like i'm strong. and make him strong when he seem like i am happy there, that make him happy also. >> reporter: the last person to

andrew simmons is with some of them. they're determined. >> we're trying toe walk to germany. it's a very, very long way. >> yes but we have no choice. it's a desperate polite. organizers spurred everyone on. it's such a sharp contrast where there's desperation and fear but there's an underlying feeling that this could go wrong and the police could stop this march. it's still so far from the border. >> the flow of refugees was halted and these people carry on into the night. cause of action and pain is written on their faces but a will to succeed and the brief there's a better life on the road ahead. the leaders stressed their long standing alliance in an attempt to move on. former u.s. ambassador to scribe james smith. for the saw des and the other gulf states, the nuclear issue was not the top issue. >> we continue to can cooperate extremely closely in countering terrorist act at thisty in the region and around the world including a battle against isil. >> a little earlier i spoke to the foreign editor of the newspaper and she explained how u.s.-saw district attorney relatio

andrew simmons joined one group of refugees who managed to make it on board one train. he sent us this report. the unsustainty that hurts nearly as much as the bruises and sores. >> sometimes we are like, we will die in the sea everywhere, everywhere. sle sleeping in the road, without anything. >> if all goes well, this is the day a painful odyssey will end in germany. if you are a refugee, this is the only way you can board a train in buda pest. it's the strongest who make the most headway. without help, the youngest are in danger of being crushed. the police have ordered to let through only enough people to fill one carriage of each train. rezerkan and his only daughter have waited eight hours to get to this point, but they make it. on the move again, destination germany. >> i just want to make him strong. when i am happy there, he will be happy there, also. >> the last person to join the group had been this young man. he had ended up separated from friends in a detension center. he showed video of a camp and says he had no means of leaving this room. he is under 18 a

andrew simmons has more. >> reporter: it is extraordinary what's happening here and the numbers seem to be growing if anything. they are -- they have been marching now 20-kilometers outside of the capital on the m-1 motorway which in actual fact has been closed off at this section and these people -- let's just take a look at some of them there some of the young ones are out front. we are out in the front of the long, lon line of marchers. there are well, children, the males that you see, a man there on crutches with injury -- with in fact he only has one leg, a man who has had an injury quite possibly war injury in syria. there are other disabled people in wheel chairs at the front. this whole march came together over a matter of one to two da days. a number of syrians felt that they could take no more attribute pest's railway station, you they couldn't stand it any longer. now you have something like a thousand people, mainly men and as you can see, they are being given water from volunteers here hungarians who have come to help out and try to assist these people. >>> andrew simmon

andrew simmons has more. >> reporter: germany may have been a destination they could reach on monday, but not anymore. the refugees have feared this would happen and it did. >> tell us what is the solution. everyone can be in our situation. everyone can have our road. please make us our solution, please find to us a solution. >> reporter: such dramatic contrast on monday. now the police instead of letting people aboard the trains are stopping them from getting access to the station. look at the atmosphere, these sullen people just waiting with no word of what might happen so many of them who have already bought tickets being barred from entry in to the station. the demonstrations vocal but not aggressive, carried on right through the day. but perhaps the dilemma the refugees are in is conveyed more by the sight of ex-softed family who his had bought their tickets only to be turned away. they settled in the shade. whenever they could find it, refuse to go move. once again, the issue you of free movement in europe and the biggest refugees crisis since the second worl world war is plg ou

andrew simmons, al jazeera,. >>> let's move to other news knew. israel's prime minister is considering tougher penalties for people who throw stones at security forces. coming days after fighting between palestinians and israeli security forces. around the mosque in occupied east jerusalem. the site is considered holily by muslims, jews and christians for muslims it's their third holiest site after mecca and madina saudi arabia. it contains the mask and the dome of the raw. jewels call it the temple mount because of the jewish temple that his stood there in biblical times. it's the holiest site of judaism. palestinians feel israel will change the rules which allows juice to visit but not pray. >> reporter: for many worships at the al-aqsa mosque, this is the israeli security forces violating islam's third holiest site. for days now they have mounted operations against palestinians inside al-aqsa mosque. tensions have also spread to jerusalem's old city. israeli army media is reporting that hundreds of extra officers will be sent to jerusalem on we

see you. >> andrew simmons, al jazeera, munich. >>> the hungarian government has passed controversial new laws to stop refugees coming on to its stair tory. from tuesday, anyone crossing the border will be arrested. andrew simmons has returned to budapest and filed this update. >> this used to be a pretty squalid representative but now, it's literally a one-stop shop if you look over there. every type of produce or product is available, all donated by the public ov public. over here, you see clothing available to refugees. alongside it, there is all sorts of food stuff, fresh produce from farms, all of it free to the refugees. as far as the train service here goes right now, it's getting more and more difficult to get to austria and germany. they can get domestic trains to border towns but there is no international train service. so, what's happening now is that people are using trains here there are large crowds. they are moving on quite quickly, and some are going by bus or even car or taxi to the border. but the numbers are moving more quickly. >> that's concerning some people in g

hundreds of refugees managed to leave on monday, riding into austria and andrew simmons is at the terminal in budapest. >> reporter: from what we are seeing here as you can see there is quite a long line of police stopping any access by refugees into the station here. there isn't any really massively dangerous situations arising here. the crowd is annoyed, angry, frustrated but from the faces you will see here in the foreground people sitting down, they are utterly exhausted and really quite desperate. many of them bought tickets at massive cost to large families and large families are paying well over 1,000 euros for their tickets, whether they will get to use them they are not sure and have not been given any information about what is happening. the hungarian rail service said that the police came in and shut off the whole entrance in the early hours of tuesday morning. subsequently they had to actually close the station completely. what happened on monday a sequence of events where al jazeera was told by the government's spokesperson that categorically no refugees who don't have europea

andrew simmons is with refugees walking from budapest. but first let's speak with mohamed jamjoon who is where the train has been stopped and a couple of hours ago, mohamed, just behind you there, a good train, an empty goods train was moved in apparently to block journalist's view of the train containing refugees. >> reporter: that's right, adrian. and this train that is obscuring our view and keeping us from speaking to a lot of refugees, as much as we were before. is still right here behind people the riot police are still here. first i want to tell you, though, about a very sad scene we encountered just about 10 minutes ago. we drove about a kilometer down the tracks that way, and we encountered a couple of ref and seerefugeesfrom pakistan, one hd he was trying to be resuscitated the medics worked on him for several minutes and finally gave up. ended up dieing, so there has been one casualty here today at least. now, this refugees was one of the hundreds who we have been told left the train in the last hour it's not yet clear exactly

andrew simmons. budapest. >> the european union leaders will hold an emergency meeting to change the rules on asylum. what are those rules currently? caroline malone explains. 310 people mainly refugees have arrived in europe this year. many on boats from libya to italy or turkey to greece. 62% of the refugees are from three countries. syria, afghanistan, and eretr ea. they say that migrants must be processed at the first point of entry. this is to see if they're eligible for asylum, but italy and greece say at a puts them under pressure. and then there is the policy that allows foreigners to travel freely throughout the european union. many countries are not processing them. many who arrive in greece are trying to make it through macedonia, serbia, hungary and germany. now there are regulations for syrians saying they may apply for asylum in germany and will not be sent back to point of contact to europe. >> the open society foundation, thanks for being with us on the program. what do you think, are

first andrew simmons who is in roske now. andrew just in the past hour, we are seeing the shots of that train covered in barbed wire, successfully closing off that border fence. what is the situation now? >> now, you can see refugees used to be walking in very large numbers settling in this area here until they were collected on their onward journey. that's not happening anymore because of that rather bizarre looking carriage that's a makeshift block of gates that is standing in front of the border itself. prior to that, police were lined up blocking the border off, it took people by surprise, it hatched four hours ago and it was expected that it wouldn't happen until midnight local, 22 gmt but it happened earlier. it has to be said that the bother is sealed off at these unofficial points but the official bother controls are open. officials say they must walk through those points and will get a rather complex system that hasn't been explained fully but authorities say once the fence which is running behind schedule, four mete

andrew simmons, al jazeera, budapest. >> former into ambassador to und states and nato, joins us from the lithuanian capital. >>> they're patrolling the bother on horseback, the fence is almost finished. they declare any border crossing or tampering with the fence a felony. is the chaos there getting worse? >> i don't think the chaos is getting bigger. but i do think that this is a one step in the direction of creating some kind of order. but in itself this is not the solution. i do believe that hard power alone will not do the trick. and i think it needs to be a combination of empathy, strong humanitarian support and some kind of organized, organized, transit of these people to the place where they want to be. >> well, there is a lot of empathy in hungary, there is also a lot of people who want a hard line including prime minister orban who say the refugees threaten the hungarian way of life. in our story we said that the firmer he gets the more powerful he becomes. do you think country will become more tough on refugees? >> i don't agree he is becoming more popular, he is more popul

andrew simmons, al jazeera, rushka, hungary. >> and andrew sent this update from rushka a short time ago. >> reporter: this carriage way of a motor way is closed. police are here in large numbers. buses have arrived. refugees have two options, go back to rushka camp sleep overnight get fed and registered or they carry on walking. that's what the police have told the organizers. the organizers are saying they have no other option but to carry on walking. >> we walk one day and two days and three days and we want go to to the camp. this is not camp. this is land really land not a camp. >> reporter: but these people are exhausted. the strain of this journey and the walk up this motor way is too much for them. they've disagreed with the organizers, they've boarded the bus, they want to go back to the camp. the main grup of the refugee grs going back. they are doing nothing more than playing a waiting game. people are tired. they do have the buses as an option to turn back if they want to. >> well, al jazeera has been speaking to people about the difficulties they face trying to enter awe

andrew simmons is in budapest with the latest. >> reporter: the demonstrations have gotten more heat. riot police had moved to the scene forming a line and scuffles broke out. it isn't that police tried to calm this down. it's the demonstrators themselves. the police are standing by, but it's coming closer and closer to direct conflict. no policing, they chanted, as -- no police, they chanted, as they try form one more line between the police and the refugees. eventually the police push forward clearing the road and the demonstrators backed off. it didn't come to all out confrontation. throughout wednesday, protests had been getting louder. hungarian railway staff had been ordered not to sell tickets to anyone without visas or passports. it's excruciating for these families having to sleep on the walkway in the hope that the hungarian policy might change. that looks more and more unlikely. one level down, this is called a transit zone, this has been in place since the crisis began but never been as full. >> i will stay here in this station, i will don't move i will stay here i will sl

let's go to andrew simmons who are on the outskirts of th the hungarian capital of budapest. tell us what is going on where you are, andrew. >> a very long trail of refugees have just passed this point. the reason why you can't see them any more is that they've veered off. they've been watching their gpss and they're concerned being taken off the motor way. they've been refused access from the motor way. that is where the marchs on friday had been. they went right up to the motor way to the county where the buses arrived and took them to the border. these people believe in their hearts and in their minds that they're going to find buses at some point in this route. but when they were taken--refused access to the motor way they came along this main road. now the police have gone after them, but behind us, this busch over here be they've gone after them. whether they'll strike to bring them back is another matter. there are a few refugees and helpers here now. helpers, who have given them water, business cuts, energy bars and fruit. there are far fewer in this march than the on

andrew simmons just outside of the hungarian capital, and rob reynolds standing by in munich. let's go to mohammed first of all in the austrian border town. mohammed, a lot of people there now have been walking literally for days to get there. many make the journey on foot, certainly parts of it. >> aid distributions distribut distributors delivering food and blankets. it's quite cold here and if the journey for the refugees had not been difficult newspaper, no newspaper--enough, it is now raining as well. i want to show you the scene behind us. there are still hundreds of refugees. a lot of them have been given blankets. behind them let me step in again. they're very cold right now. and they're asking for more help. the refugees don't know if they'll be taken to vienna or salzburg. some left this area and went to find shelter because it is quite cold here. even though there is a probably sense of relief, the fact of the matter is that they want to continue their journey, they want to get to some place warm, and they want to get out of the rain and the kids are quite fatigued.

andrew simmons is in the area where the train has been stopped. and andrew you have been talking about this for a few hours now. desperate scenes earlier, then the police loaded them back on to the train. so what is the situation now? >> reporter: a very uneasy standoff with the police surrounding this train, with the media forcibly removed from the platform. it has been declared a police operational area. however, we are able to get this view, and if we move in on this shot here, we can see there are some refugees there -- there talking to the police. it is highly unclear as to what is going to happen next. however, there are six buses sitting outside and everyone is assuming that the police intend at some stage to remove everyone off of this train and on to the buses. there is a refugee camp nearby, described as a reception center. it is not a detention camp. however, these people say -- they have been chanting, no camp, no camp, no camp. early on thursday morning they rushed with everyone else on to the station in budapest, thinking they were o

it's kind of a tent city at night and our correspondent andrew simmons can join us and andrew describe what is around you. we are seeing the numbers seeming to grow. >> reporter: yes, they are growing but to look around you would think they were actually diminishing because it's so incredibly hot at the moment that people are trying to seek shade so they are around the rail way stations, still in the front of the station there are police in two rows pinning in those who are sitting down and then forming a line, stopping any refugees from entering the station. tourists, however, normal travelers, travelers who are booked on trains ahead of time, are traveling through then transcript and the trains we understand are running again with massive disruption. there was no explanation for closing the station. early on tuesday morning police came in and the refugees were cleared from the station concourse. there have been hectic scenes on monday night with the last train of the day took off for germany and people were pushed away because each of the trains were completely over crowded and had s

. >>> we can go live to our correspondent andrew simmons who is in hungry and, andrew, you are very close to the border where thousands of people have already passed into austria and then on to germany, what is the situation like there now? >> i'm on the border with serbia actually marteen and the border is just can down there and you can see very little changes here, 14,000 refugees have crossed into austria over the weekend. now here at the other end of hungry the situation is the same. they are still coming in and look at the rail line with a stream of people, up to 3,000 a day will be coming in here and if we get the camera the other way around you can see the problem that is getting worse and it may be relief for so many refugees getting to austria and germany but refugees here are facing appalling conditions. what is happening here is that the hungarian police are segregating the syrians or arab-speaking people from other refugees. most of the people you see here are afghans and only supposed to be at this assembly point as it's described for a few hours but these people have been h

andrew simmons is there. tell us about the impact of the tightening of border controls. >> this area, we have the fence, where there used to be the unofficial crossing point which was closed on monday that and a big carriage with razor wire at the front of it was pushed along the railway to keel things off. now we have another development in the main crossing points, the road crossing points between serbia and hungary is closed. whether this is temporary or not is unclear. serbia is up in arms at every level, governmental and humanitarian-wise, because some refugees which unknown number are stuck in no man's land. there are very large crowds gathering on the serbian side, and a lot of alerts going, trying to get clarification of what's going on. as far as the hungarian government is concerned, they are saying that they are merely following the new laws they have in place, which means anyone traveling through serbia needs to register there as a refugee. if they don't, then they will have to go back into serbia

let's bring in andrew simmons who is also there. a very strong message there from the officials in hungary that they want people to go to the other official crossing and there's going to be no more crossing at that point. >>reporter: that was expected, this hard line has been signalling for the past number of weeks and putting out the message that it's down to him to actually put forward eu law as he calls it but he's gone beyond that. they are going through official posts and only two crossings mentioned in that news conference, two crossings and the number of 10,000 which he referred to is a record but the reason for it is that there's been a massive rush in serbiaf refugees to get across the border. serbians have been laying on buses to the border. in turn, this is a symptom of this crisis. government of hungary has been laying on lots of buses to bus out of the refugees who have gone in small numbers two kilometers along a country side track to the official border post after being turned down by a rather ugly rail carriage block

. >>> andrew simmons reporting there. a group of refugees has been detained for breaching hungary's new border fence with serbia. they were arrested after finding a hole in the fence and cutting through into hungary. they're among 174 people arrested so far for breaching the border. police say all will face criminal prosecution >>> germany has responded to the influx of migrants by introducing temporary controls on its border with austria. rob reynolds reports from the train station where police have been enforcing these new controls. >>reporter: refugees race through the train station. vrjts it's a scene of complete chaos here at the train station where refugees are trying to get on the train's platform but police are blocking the stairways. underneath the station in a parking garage, hundreds of refugees, most from syria, have spent days camped out. >> it's not good for us. >> just a little bit of hope. we're not bad. >> she's trying to get to sweden and feels betrayed by rich, middle eastern countries. >> they shut the

andrew simmons, al jazeera. budapest. >> the enormous flow of refugees is straining relations between european nations, forcing some to implement border checks the ever the first time in years. bob remembered nos joining us live on the border with austria. just paint the picture for us. of what is actually going on there. >> well, we are going to go and show a story that we recorded in just a moment or two from now. right now i am back in the -- as you were saying. under the european -- perhaps idealistic con can september, were supposed to be a thing of the past. within and two and from e.u. states is one of the foundation stones of the european -- but now under the pressure of these waves and waves of refugees borders seem to be almost spontaneously, as we found when we visited the small town of nickels dover. >> austrian police stops cars and trucks near a major boarding crossing checking for smugglers illegally transports refugees. a hung garyian taxi is stopped, inside, a family of six apparently from the m

andrew simmons is in budapest with the latest. >> the demonstrations have been getting more heated. one ran across the road, riot police moved to the scene forming a line and scuffles broke out. it isn't the police trying to calm this down it's the straightors themselves. the police are standing by but it's becoming closer and closer to direct conflicts. no police, they chanted as one group tried to calm the situation by trying to form a line between the police and the refugees. eventually the police push forward clearing the road and the demonstrators backed off. it didn't come to all out confrontation. is throughout wednesday, protests had been getting louder. hungarian railway staff had been ordered not to sell tickets to anyone without visas or the right passport for their destination. it's an excruciating situation for these families having to sleep on the pathway, hoping the hungarian government would change its policies, that's not likely. this transit zone has been in place since the crisis began. but it's never been this full. >> i will stay in this station, i will don't mo

andrew simmons has more. >> families following in the weary footsteps of thousands are coming across the border from serbia into hungary. with any hope, there will be another refugee exodus into germany. >> nothing changes here. it's getting worse. hundreds of refugees have spent three days in this field, guarded by police. waiting for buses to take them to a camp to be registered. there is real anger here not just amongst the men, but among the morlings. the children have been here three days and it's really cold at night. this man brought his family from afghanistan. they are lined up, waiting to board a bus. then this. >> move back! >> excuse me. >> draw back! >> draw back! >> what do you make of this? >> they are not a good people. they are not acting as a human. they are just doing like animal. this is not a human being. >> go! go! come on! >> nearby, syrians are gathered, this man complains that he has been stuck here for two days. >> they should make faster going administration and take the people to another village, another camp. >> scuffles break out after the people decide

our correspondent andrew simmons is there and sent us this update. >> reporter: it's going to be even more draconian on the 15th of september, only a few days away, when the new laws that were passed in parliament last friday are actually put into force. the army could be deployed here. you'll see soldiers rather than the police enforcing what they call the law, which means that these people, had the new laws been in place, these would all be subject to criminal charges for illegally entering the country. there could be a three year jail sentence. all this goodwill we're seeing is contrasted , where the authorities are following political orders to come down on these people and coming down heavily. i will say that co contrasts wih the need for these refugees, all sorts of stuff has been brought to help these people. but the humanitarian side of this is hit and miss voluntary. it's not institutionalized humanitarian help. it is an absolute mess. there is no real conditions. ancoordination.the refugees dono do. they have no idea what to do next apart from maybe run. >> european politici

andrew simmons, al jazeera, beschke station. >> the hunting image of a drowned syrian toddler shocked world. it has become a call to action in the refugee crisis. today, we heard from the child's father and from his relatives in canada. allen schauffler joins us with more from can vufr. >> one of those relatives is a woman who lives here in the vancouver/british columbia area. she has been trying to get her syrian relatives to safety here in canada. so far, she has not been successful and sadly over the last day, she has had to watch news reports with the rest of the world of the deaths of her sister-in-law and her two young nephews, ages 5 and 3. i want to warn everybody watching that they are graphic and disturbing images in this story. >> two kids. didn't see a good life at all. two weeks ago, garlet said to me, can you buy me a bicycle? tima kurdi, in tears at a presses conference in british columbia. of the family, only her brother, abdullah survived their small boat sinking. >> his wife told me a week ago, i am so scared of the water. i don't know how to swim. if something happe

simmons reports from budapest. ♪ referring to this human crisis hungary's prime minister repeatedly said it's germany's problem but ask any of the volunteers who try to help the refugees through this chaos what they think and they can't help getting political. >> for many it's natural that we help them and we feel really, really angry our government is giving them this treatment. >> reporter: this is a husband and wife team helping take donations and passing them along to those in need. >> they said they don't want muslim here. i did not understand that because there are muslim living here with peace. >> we are not sure what is going to happen if they close the borders again then there will be thousands of people sleeping here again. >> reporter: political protests are gaining momentum and not just momentum and they are portraying him as hitler on the front page. >> translator: it's not the prime minister who is an fascist but the prime minister. >> translator: there is nothing wrong with migrants or religion, it's the large numbers, that's all. >> reporter: not far away protesters