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Following a two-day stoppage of trains departing for Western Europe, migrants camped at Keleti train station pushed and fought their way aboard the first train to arrive. Chaos broke out after a train bound for Hungary’s border with Austria was stopped in the town of Bicske, where Hungary has a migrant reception centre.

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Over 2,000 migrants have been camped in front of the Keleti Railway Terminus, closed to them by authorities saying European Union rules bar travel by those without valid documents.BERNADETT SZABO/Reuters

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Migrants wait on a platform for a train at the Keleti train station in Budapest as Hungarian police withdrew from the gates after two days of blocking their entry.Leonhard Foeger/Reuters

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Migrants storm into a train at the Keleti train station.Laszlo Balogh/Reuters

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Migrants board trains in Keleti station after it was reopened. Over 150,000 migrants have reached Hungary this year.Matt Cardy/Getty Images

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A young child cries as hundreds of migrants try to board a train at the Keleti Railway Station.Petr David Josek/The Associated Press

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Migrants storm trains in the Keleti train station as Hungarian police withdrew from the gates after two days of blocking their entry.Laszlo Balogh/Reuters

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Migrants try to board a train at the railway station.Frank Augstein/The Associated Press

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Hungarian policemen restrain a migrant family as they tried to run away at the railway station in the town of Bicske. A refugee camp is located in Bicske.Laszlo Balogh/Reuters

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A migrant holding a child is detained in Bicske, Hungary.Petr David Josek/The Associated Press

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A toy doll is left behind and lays on the tracks at the railway station in Budapest, Hungary.Frank Augstein/The Associated Press

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