Denmark-Germany Train Traffic Halted as Police Stop Migrants
Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:26 pm
All train services were halted between Germany and Denmark on Wednesday after Danish police stopped hundreds of migrants arriving by train across the border, Danish railway company DSB said.
About 100 migrants who arrived from Germany refused to leave a train in the Danish port city of Roedby, police spokeswoman Anne Soe said. She said they don't want to be registered in Denmark.
"We are talking to them and trying to convince them to come out," Soe said. "Things are nice and calm. But of course some people are bit tense."
Under EU rules, people seeking asylum should do so in the first EU country they enter and not travel from one country to another.
Many of the migrants say they want to go to Sweden, Norway or Finland, because they have relatives there or believe that the conditions for asylum-seekers are better................
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About 100 migrants who arrived from Germany refused to leave a train in the Danish port city of Roedby, police spokeswoman Anne Soe said. She said they don't want to be registered in Denmark.
"We are talking to them and trying to convince them to come out," Soe said. "Things are nice and calm. But of course some people are bit tense."
Under EU rules, people seeking asylum should do so in the first EU country they enter and not travel from one country to another.
Many of the migrants say they want to go to Sweden, Norway or Finland, because they have relatives there or believe that the conditions for asylum-seekers are better................
To read further go to this link: abcnews.go.com
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