Creative Writing: All Quiet On The Western Front

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Along the Hungarian- Serbian border, hundreds of migrants and refugees fled from a temporary camp due to frustration with authorities. The camp, in Roszke, Hungary, contained hundreds of people waiting for buses to transport them, many of whom had waited overnight in the cold to move toward the border near Austria and Budapest. However, only one bus arrived, which created a huge commotion among the migrants, who were then well aware that there were no more buses coming. One Syrian man stated, “We’ve been here for two days and the Hungarian government only brings one bus?”
Frustrated, some migrants made their way toward the railway line and escaped from the camp, leading to most of the others following. The police failed to contain the tide

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