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His 5-year-old brother Galip and mother Rehan, 35, also died after their boat capsized while trying to reach the Greek island of Kos.

Frankly, no one would be able to put up with the hardship that they have faced, given the years of war and turmoil that innocent civilians have had the brunt of in the Middle East. All these people want is an end to living in fear, stability in their lives and safety for their kids.

“People at Budapest’s Keleti railway station demanding to be allowed free passage are demanding something which is not possible under European legislation”, government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said.

Under fire But the government has also come under fire from aid agencies and the opposition for not doing enough to handle the crisis.

But Giro-Szasz says that Germany has shown a more permissive stance towards illegal immigrants arriving from Syria, adding that the news has “boosted hopes” among migrants.

The group has collectively been referred to most often as “migrants“, though some news organizations and politicians have called them “refugees” or “illegal immigrants”.

The French-based NGO Medicine Sans Frontieres (MSF) has criticised the lack of coordination and the conditions the migrants have to endure, as only a little food and water is being provided by Greek authorities in Kos.

Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is expected to visit a refugee center on Wednesday, condemned the attack and blamed it on far-right extremists promoting a “disgusting” message of hatred.

On Tuesday, a suspected arson attack destroyed a school sports hall in the town of Nauen, west of Berlin, that was intended as a temporary shelter for refugees.

Calm weather has encouraged the smugglers to get as many people as possible out to sea, they will be picked up by Italian boats.

Rescuers have saved about 3,000 refugees but found more than 50 dead on boats near the coast of Libya, according to the Italian coastguard.

For some the aim is to go further north through Macedonia and Serbia, to try to get to the border with Hungary. Police ran blood tests on them for alcohol levels.

Some 1,500 migrants and refugees are estimated to have remained in no-man’s land after the incident.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was heckled on Wednesday while visiting a refugee centre, which has been the target of violence by neo-Nazi groups, in the eastern village of Heidenau, media reported.

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