The Keleti train station in Budapest, Hungary stopped service to migrants on Tuesday. The train station has recently been flooded with immigrants from the Middle East. An announcement alerted travelers to the news that the station is "shut down for departure and arrivals for an indefinite time," according to The New York Times.
Austria, which borders Hungary, has made angry statements toward its neighboring county. "That they are simply getting on board in Budapest and they make sure they will travel to the neighboring country - what sort of politics is that?" Austrian chancellor Werner Faymann said.
"It is disappointing and incomprehensible that the leader of a neighboring country should talk in this vein about an issue which is causing Hungary, as well as Europe, immense difficulties amounting to a historic challenge," Peter Szijjarto, Hungary's minister of foreign affairs and trade, said in response.
Many migrants are currently fleeing to Germany, which is offering asylum and accommodation for the immigrants coming from Syria and other Middle Eastern countries. Over 330,000 immigrants have come into Europe in 2015, according to the Christian Science Monitor.
Migrants protested when the train in Budapest was shut down, screaming and waving their tickets at police offices for hours, according to Yahoo! News. Train service eventually resumed for passengers carrying passports and valid identification. Hundreds are still protesting outside the station.
The 28 member countries of the European Union will send representatives to an emergency summit scheduled in Brussels this month, as HNGN previously reported. Their main topic of discussion will be the migrant crisis in the countries across the continent.
