Austria: Hundreds of refugees arrive at German border

Busses full of refugees arrived at the Austrian-German border, Friday, with refugees waiting to carry on their journeys into Germany from the Austrian towns of Hanging, just across the border from the German town of Wegscheid as well as from the Austrian town of Haibach, across from the German town of Passau. Refugees waited for hours before crossing into Germany. Hundreds waited in the open air or in the 1000 square-metre (11,000 square-feet) tent that Austrian authorities erected between the Austrian town of Hanging and the German town of Wegscheid. After crossing the border, refugees were driven by bus to temporary shelters in Passau from which they will be distributed around Germany in the next day. Around 6,500 refugees predominantly from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq entered the South-Eastern border of Germany from Austria on Thursday. Bavarian Minister President Horst Seehofer has given German Chancellor Angela Merkel an ultimatum with a deadline on Sunday, to find a solution to the refugee crisis that is affecting the border region.