Germany expects up to 10000 refugees on Saturday via Hungary: police

9/5/2015 10:42:52 AM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)A woman holds a picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel as migrants set off on foot for the border with Austria from Budapest Hungary September 4 2015.

BERLIN: German police said on Saturday officials were expecting up to 10000 refugees during the day after Austria and Germany agreed with Hungary to allow migrants to cross their borders.

"We don't have reliable figures yet but we are expecting between 5000 and 10000 refugees today" police spokesman Stefan Sonntag told Reuters on Saturday.

He added officials were still in the progress of coordinating in order to cope with the number of refugees.

A train from Austria carrying several hundred refugees is expected to arrive in Munich around noon.

Reuters

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