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Friday, September 11, 2015

The Latest: Marching migrants lead to Austria road closure

The latest developments as European governments rush to cope with the huge number of migrants moving across Europe. All times local (CET): ___ 9:45 a.m. Austrian police have shut down sections of the roadway between Vienna and the Hungarian border as migrants have formed a long line and are walking toward the capital. Police spokesman Gerhard Koller says the people — estimated by reporters to number more than 1,000 — pushed through police cordons to being their 60-kilometer (40-mile) trek early Friday. It was unclear what prompted the development. Trains have been taking migrants and refugees from the Nickelsdorf border point to Vienna for days, and Koller said more trains were planned. Thousands of people — most of them migrants who have traveled the West Balkans route from Greece — have been arriving at Vienna train stations daily. Most have traveled on to Germany and other West European EU nations. Join the conversation about this story »


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