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What Is The Realistic Way To Deal With Migration In Europe?

6:55pm September 02, 2015

With migrants pouring into richer European countries, leaders have called for a unified European response to the crisis. Renee Montagne talks to Peter Spiegel of the Financial Times.

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Travel Suggestions: 'Gates Of Hell' And Ringing Rocks Park

6:54pm September 02, 2015

David Plotz of Atlas Obscura, a website devoted to the world's wondrous and curious places, takes us to "The Gates of Hell" in Turkmenistan and to Ringing Rocks Park in Pennsylvania.

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Hungary Closes Budapest Train Station To Migrants

5:15pm September 02, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

The Hungarian authorities closed the international rail terminal in Budapest to migrants Tuesday after many purchased tickets to Germany.

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Iceland Considers Taking In More Syrian Refugees

5:12pm September 02, 2015

More than 10,0000 people from the small European country have offered to host Syrian refugees. Renee Montagne talks to Tryggvi Adalbjornsson, a reporter with Icelandic National Radio.

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Hungarian Billboards Warn Migrants To Stay Away

5:09pm September 02, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Many European leaders want to cut down on the growing number of arriving migrants. In Hungary, they are erecting billboards and handing out flyers outside the country warning migrants to stay out.

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Authorities Stop Migrants In Budapest From Rail Travel

12:18pm September 02, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

The Hungarian authorities first allowed hundreds of refugees to take trains from Budapest to Germany. Then on Tuesday, they refused to allow migrants to travel — even those who had purchased tickets.

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Germans Impatient With Angela Merkel's Migrant Response

8:01pm September 01, 2015

Germany is the number one destination for the thousands of migrants reaching Europe's shores. NPR's Rachel Martin gets a German perspective from Der Spiegel editor Maximilian Popp.

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A Hungarian army officer closes the gate of Hungary's new fence on the 110-mile border with Serbia. Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has taken a number of controversial steps against migrants.

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Hungary's Leader Pushes His Anti-Migrant Platform To Bolster Support

6:33pm September 01, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Prime Minister Viktor Orban has adopted staunchly anti-migrant positions to try and win back supporters from the far right, which is making significant gains.

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'Hungarian Public Opinion Is In Shock' Regarding Migrant Crisis

6:25pm September 01, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to György Schöpflin, member of the European Parliament for Hungary, about the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe and the crowds of migrants denied access to trains in Budapest.

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Children sleep on the outdoor floor of the Keleti railway station in Budapest, Hungary, on Tuesday.

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Hungary Closes Budapest Train Station To Migrants Traveling To Western Europe

3:43pm September 01, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Authorities had been allowing migrants to travel without checking passports, but on Tuesday, the station was closed and migrants began protesting.