A migrant family waits to board a bus after disembarking from a ferry at the port of Piraeus in Athens this week. Photo: AFP
A migrant family waits to board a bus after disembarking from a ferry at the port of Piraeus in Athens this week. Photo: AFP
Migrants stand in front of a local train from Budapest that was expected to cross the Hungarian-Austrian border but had been stopped in Bicske, Hungary. Photo: AFP
Migrants stand in front of a local train from Budapest that was expected to cross the Hungarian-Austrian border but had been stopped in Bicske, Hungary. Photo: AFP
Rescued migrants wake up on the deck of the Norwegian Siem Pilot vessel as they approach the Italian port of Cagliari. Photo: AP
Rescued migrants wake up on the deck of the Norwegian Siem Pilot vessel as they approach the Italian port of Cagliari. Photo: AP
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Worse to come for Europe's migrant crisis

Gwynne Dyer says while some of the inundated EU countries are welcoming those escaping war and economic hardship, many are not

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Updated: 12:20pm, 4 Sep, 2015

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A migrant family waits to board a bus after disembarking from a ferry at the port of Piraeus in Athens this week. Photo: AFP
A migrant family waits to board a bus after disembarking from a ferry at the port of Piraeus in Athens this week. Photo: AFP
Migrants stand in front of a local train from Budapest that was expected to cross the Hungarian-Austrian border but had been stopped in Bicske, Hungary. Photo: AFP
Migrants stand in front of a local train from Budapest that was expected to cross the Hungarian-Austrian border but had been stopped in Bicske, Hungary. Photo: AFP
Rescued migrants wake up on the deck of the Norwegian Siem Pilot vessel as they approach the Italian port of Cagliari. Photo: AP
Rescued migrants wake up on the deck of the Norwegian Siem Pilot vessel as they approach the Italian port of Cagliari. Photo: AP
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