Local volunteers attempt to clear temporary migrant camp near Budapest station

MEE's reporter Mary Atkinson is in Hungary's capital Budapest covering the refugee crisis.

She said that team of volunteers is working to clear a temporary migrant camp, nicknamed The Zone, that was set up just outside Budapest's Nyugati rail station:

"Under the watchful eye of the Hungarian police, volunteers are taking down a small collection of tents that have given temporary shelter to some 500 people, including families with young children, over the past 4 weeks. The Zone was mostly cleared overnight last night when authorities decided to allow the migrants to travel onwards by train and bus towards Austria."

"Around 50 people are now left behind at The Zone, which is nestled among the piazzas and cafés that surround Nyugati Station. Some simply missed the transportation, while others opted to stay behind and wait for family members. Two young migrants, among those who chose or were forced to stay, play an energetic game of badminton as their temporary shelter is dismantled around them."