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Altogether 4,425 refugees from war-stricken Ukraine, including 1,080 children, arrived in Budapest by train on Wednesday, local police said on their website.
Most of the refugees sought accommodation with family or friends, while the authorities and charity organisations offered shelter to 83 people, including 39 children, police.hu said on Thursday.
Police officers are on duty at Budapest’s Keleti and Nyugati railway stations to help people fleeing from Ukraine. They are working in cooperation with the disaster management authority, the immigration office, the national railway MÁV, Budapest’s public transport company, and charity organisations, police.hu said.
featured image: refugees at Nyugati railway station; via Zoltán Balogh/MTI