On September 2nd, hundreds of migrants from Africa and the Middle East angrily protested outside Budapest's main train station after Hungarian authorities prevented them from boarding trains to Austria and Germany.

PeopleMigrant protesters demonstrate outside the main train station in Budapest - Photo: Reuters

According to Reuters, more than 1,000 people holding train tickets protested outside the Eastern Railway Terminus station, chanting: "Germany, Germany, Hungary, let us go." Many held up signs that read: "We are human beings too." Hungarian police erected barricades around the station to ensure security.

Police sealed off the train station just one day after allowing thousands of migrants to board trains bound for Germany and Austria. Hungarian authorities said they would only allow those with valid travel documents to board trains to Western Europe. Police also stressed they would tighten Schengen travel regulations.

The incident occurred shortly after the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that more than 350,000 people, mostly from Syria, had crossed the Mediterranean into Europe this year, a record number. Of those, approximately 234,770 entered Greece. From there, migrants traveled through the Balkan countries on their way to Western Europe.

At least 2,600 people have died while seeking refuge in Europe. During talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin yesterday, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy described the migration crisis as the "greatest challenge" Europe faces.

The influx of migrants into Europe is so massive that many countries are unable to cope. The Hungarian government says it has reached its breaking point. In August alone, more than 50,000 people entered the country. Hungary has erected barbed wire fences on its border with Serbia to stop the migrants.

A series of protests against migrants erupted. In Slovakia, police had to deploy forces to prevent hundreds of protesters from storming the village of Gabcikovo, south of Bratislava, which was to receive 500 migrants from Austria. Another protest took place in Trnava.

The European migration crisis has been particularly tumultuous following the deaths of 71 people who suffocated in a truck container at the Austrian-Hungarian border. Yesterday, Austrian police rescued 24 Afghan migrants crammed into a tiny van.

European authorities warn that due to the increasing influx of migrants into Europe, criminals have opened networks selling counterfeit Syrian passports. This is because those with Syrian passports are more likely to be granted asylum in Europe.

According to TTO