Altogether 3,730 refugees from war-torn Ukraine, including 1,247 children, arrived in Budapest by train on Saturday, local police said on their website.
Most of them sought accommodation with family or friends, while the authorities and charity organisations offered shelter to 135 people, including 80 children, police.hu said on Sunday.
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 MAV, Budapest’s public transport company and charity organisations, police.hu said.
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