The stand-off between police and migrants on a train in Hungary is continuing into a second day on Friday.
The mayhem in Hungary, which has become an unwilling center of Europe’s migration crisis, has highlighted divisions in Europe over how to grapple with the large influx of migrants from Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere who have come by sea and land through the Balkans in search of a better life.
On Thursday, police let the migrants board the train in Budapest but then tried to force them off at a refugee camp to the west of the capital.
Hungarian MPs face a key vote later on whether to tighten border controls as migrants try to pass through to their preferred destination, Germany.
Three other European meetings on Friday, will discuss the migrant crisis.
Members of the European Commission are also flying to the Greek island of Kos to examine the difficulties caused by the large numbers of refugees and migrants landing there.
In Budapest, thousands of migrants have been sleeping for days at the Keleti station and on the streets, hungry, desperate and unsure what the future holds.
Many migrants in Hungary refuse to go to camps to be registered, even though regulations require them to apply for asylum in the country in which they entered the European Union. The government of Hungary has made clear that they will receive a frosty reception there.
