As they flocked over the border, Budapest abruptly decided to reopen the highway crossing on its southern border with Serbia, although it insisted strict checks would remain in place.
At least 20,000 more migrants flooded into Austria at the weekend as the crisis engulfing Europe deepened.

In Serbia after 25,000 migrants entered its territory in four days, Zagreb transported them over its border with Hungary.From there, the Hungarian authorities shuttled them to reception centres close to the border with Austria.

Yesterday evening, two trains from Austria carrying 1,000 migrants crossed the border with Germany at Freilassing. Five more trains, each carrying 500, are expected to make the journey today.
Elsewhere, at least 13 migrants, including six children, died when their inflatable dinghy collided with a ferry off Turkey.

The Turkish coastguard said the accident happened close to the port of Canakkale after the boat set sail to the Greek island of Lesbos.In a second incident, Greece’s coastguard said it had rescued 22 migrants in the water near Lesbos – but a further 26 were missing.

And in the northern Greek village of Idomeni today, more than 2,000 migrants waited to be let into Macedonia. Authorities say about 2,500 refugees have come to Slovenia from Croatia.

Yesterday, Canada's conservative government said that it would accept 10,000 Syrian refugees within one year by simplifying and speeding up the immigration application process. Canada's existing commitment to resettle 23,000 Iraqis will also be fulfilled by the end of this year,' the statement read,the MAIL reports.