The huge influx of migrants into
southern Germany has continued unabated, with the Munich police
reporting 12,200 arrived on Saturday.
But the city authorities have again warned they are at "the limit" when it comes to coping with the numbers.
"We
have reached the upper limit of our capacity," a police spokesman said,
as frantic efforts were under way to accommodate the new arrivals.
Record numbers have also been crossing from Serbia into Hungary.
More
than 4,000 people walked across the border with Serbia - the most so
far in one day - just as the authorities in Hungary were completing
preparations to seal the frontier.
Europe as a whole is struggling
to deal with an enormous influx of people, mostly from Syria but also
Afghanistan, Eritrea and other countries, fleeing violence and poverty.
Munich,
in Germany's southern state of Bavaria, has been the main entry point
for those entering the country in search of a better life, but the city
says it is having difficulty finding accommodation for them.
"We lack 1,000 to 5,000 places," Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung (in German).
The authorities are considering using a sports venue from the 1972 Olympics, the Olympiahalle, as a temporary shelter.
Mr Dieter also repeated his call for other German regions to take in more migrants. Image copyrightReutersImage caption
Thousands of migrants continue to cross from Serbia into Hungary
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended the
decision to let in large numbers of refugees, saying she was "convinced
it was right".
A steady stream of migrants stretches from Greece,
through Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary, to Austria and Germany. Many
crossed the sea in little more than play boats from Turkey to several
Greek islands.
Officials estimate that 175,000 migrants have crossed from Serbia into Hungary so far this year.
Hungarian
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has promised to seal the country's borders
and arrest any illegal migrants. The country is close to finishing a
4m-high (13ft) fence along the border with Serbia.
More than 4,000
Hungarian soldiers have been brought in to help police enforce a ban
which Mr Orban has ordered must come into effect on Tuesday.
The
BBC's Nick Thorpe - reporting from Szeged near the Hungarian-Serbian
border - says the humanitarian infrastructure to deal with the migrants
is finally being established at the Roske migrant camp. Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption
Hungary has nearly completed work on a 4m-high (13ft) fence along its border with Serbia
Image copyrightReutersImage caption
Hungary is introducing stricter measures on illegal migrants on Tuesday
On Friday, footage emerged of migrants being thrown bags of food at the camp amid criticism that they were being treated like animals.
On
Saturday, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann drew parallels between
Hungary's treatment of refugees and Nazi Germany's treatment of Jews.
In response, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Mr Faymann's comments were "slanderous". Read more BBC coverage of the migrant crisis Europe migrant crisis: Are you affected? Crisis explained in graphics Can the EU overcome rifts? What next for Germany's asylum seekers? What can the EU do to solve the crisis? Nine key moments in crisis
The
4,000 refugees who walked into Hungary on Saturday were shepherded into
a field where dozens of large tents, including those of the UN refugee
agency, now stand.
Most migrants want to travel on to western
Europe by passing through neighbouring Austria, but before they do so,
the Hungarian authorities say that it is necessary to transport them to
camps so that they can be registered.
Media captionPro-refugee rallies were held in capital cities across Europe
The
European Commission has announced plans last week for mandatory quotas
to share out 120,000 additional asylum seekers among 25 member
countries.
Tens of thousands of people took part in a "day of
action" on Saturday in several European cities - and in Australia - in
support of refugees and migrants. Some cities also saw
counter-demonstrations.
A note on terminology:
The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who
have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group
includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely
to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs
and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic
migrants.
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