16 Photos of the Refugees Stranded in Hungary Amid Migrant Crisis

Three-year-old Hadi and his 6-year-old brother sit on a wool blanket at the train station in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 2. Their family hopes to get the opportunity to travel to relatives in Sweden. (Photo: Kathrin Lauer/Newscom)

Amam, a 17-year-old refugee from the Syrian town of Latakia, shouts after his sister and mother who were detained by Hungarian police outside the railways station in Budapest. (Photo: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters/Newscom)

Amam is one of hundreds of migrants who protested in front of Budapest’s Keleti Railway Terminus for a second straight day on Wednesday, shouting “freedom, freedom!” — demanding to be let onto trains bound for Germany. (Photo: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters/Newscom)

Syrians flash victory signs in front of the railways station Wednesday. (Photo: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters/Newscom)

Children play at a makeshift camp in an underground station near the Keleti train station. (Photo: Reuters/Leonhard Foeger/Newscom)

Morning outside the train station for the second day. (Photo: Artur Widak/Sipa USA/Newscom)

A volunteer worker entertains refugee children outside the train station while they wait in limbo with their families. (Photo: Artur Widak/Sipa USA/Newscom)

Hungarian police outside the train station block the refugees from boarding trains to other European countries. (Photo: Artur Widak/Sipa USA/Newscom)

Migrants of all ages camp outside and inside the train station facilities waiting for access to travel. (Photo: Artur Widak/Sipa USA/Newscom)

With thousands of refugees, volunteer groups struggle to provide food, water, and medical assistance to people crammed outside the station’s main entrance. (Photo: Wassilios Aswestopoulos/NurPhoto/Newscom)

German medical student Maria Schtte provides medical assistance to one-year-old Taha Mohamad with her father Lazin Mohamad. (Photo: Newscom)

By early Wednesday, the number of refugees stranded outside the station grew to 3,000. (Photo: Newscom)