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Onward journey of refugees "exceptional": Merkel

Xinhua, September 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban agreed in a telephone conversation on Saturday that the permitted onward journey of refugees from Hungary to Austria and Germany on Saturday was an exception.

According to Georg Streiter, the deputy spokesman of the German government, Merkel and Orban had a telephone conversation on Saturday evening.

It was possible "due to the emergency at the Hungarian border", said Merkel and Orban.

Both sides also agreed that Hungary and Germany meet their European obligations, including the obligations under the Dublin Convention, which says that asylum seekers must be registered at their first point of entry to the European Union.

The decision for an entry permit was in an "intensive communication at all levels" on Friday night in Berlin, Vienna and Budapest, said Streiter.

The first batch of refugees coming by train from Hungary via Austria have arrived at Munich central station at noon time on Saturday.

According to a press statement of the German government, the incoming 7,000 refugees from Hungary will be spread across by train and buses to the 16 federal states. Endit