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A migrant boy looks out from a bus bound for Austria and Germany, next to the Keleti train station in Budapest, Hungary, September 5, 2015. Hungary's government said it would deliver around 100 buses to pick up migrants in Budapest and another 1,200 striding down the main highway to Vienna. Long lines of buses packed with migrants left Budapest bound for Austria on Saturday as Hungary gave in to determined crowds, including many Syrian refugees, who had set out on foot for western Europe in defiance of a right-wing government vowing to stem their tide. Reuters/Leonhard Foeger

The first of thousands of migrants and refugees have entered Austria from Hungary smiling and delighted.

Following days of protests and chaos, with so many lives lost, Hungary’s right wing government had to finally give in to the demands of the refugees. They deployed more than dozens of buses for the refugees and had picked several thousands while they were on their way, walking down the main highway to Vienna.

On reaching the Austrian border, volunteers and human rights workers provided them food and water. “We’re happy. We’ll go to Germany,” a Syrian man named Mohammed told Reuters. Although Hungary said that it was necessary to move the refugees, citing traffic safety, yet one can see how their determination played a significant role to gain government’s admission.

After it was declared that refugees would be allowed to move on, they remained sceptical of the government’s decision. On Thursday, some of the refugees boarded the bus headed towards Austria but was stopped and brought back to reception camps by the Budapest riot police.

“They told us that the buses are going to the Austrian border. I really don't know if this is true or false. If it is true, it is great... If it is true, it is victory. Maybe we can find a way now,” said Ahmed, from Afghanistan.

Hungary, in a bid to stop the refugees, had cancelled all the trains to Germany and Austria and asked refugees to register themselves in accordance with the EU rules before proceeding. But most of the refugees refused to go by their orders and camped outside the Budapest main train station.

However, by Friday, more than thousands of refugees left the camps and headed towards the Austrian Capital, escorted by police struggling to keep the road open. Some even flashed pictures of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who was until Friday determined not to allow refugees, had to change his mind after the situation turned more desperate. Austria's Red Cross said that its expecting about 800 to 1,500 people to arrive in its refugee reception centre of Nickelsdorf at the Hungarian border overnight.

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