Altogether 4,186 refugees from war-torn Ukraine, including 1,027 children, arrived in Budapest by train on Thursday, 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 89 people, including 45 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 MAV, Budapest’s public transport company, and charity organisations, police.hu said.
featured image: refugees at Nyugati; via Zoltán Balogh/MTI