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Police guard a fence locked shut to keep migrants from gaining access to the train platforms in Keleti Train Station in Budapest. Thousands of migrants have been stranded at the station, blocked from travelling by authorities for the second straight day.David Maurice Smith/The Globe and Mail

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Migrants wash and gather water at a temporary hydration station in the Keleti Train Station.David Maurice Smith/The Globe and Mail

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A man checks his mobile phone as night sets in at the Keleti train station in Budapest.David Maurice Smith/The Globe and Mail

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Migrants collect supplies handed out by local community members at the Keleti Train station in Budapest.David Maurice Smith/The Globe and Mail

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Thousands of migrants have been stranded at the station, blocked from travelling by authorities for the second straight day. The migrants are part of a wave of people seeking asylum in numbers not seen since the second world war.David Maurice Smith/The Globe and Mail

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Young migrants gather around a projector set up by considerate locals to watch Tom and Jerry cartoons in the subterranean level of the Keleti train station.David Maurice Smith/The Globe and Mail

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A migrant family settles in for the night at the Keleti Train Station.David Maurice Smith/The Globe and Mail

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Migrants settle in for the night under a wall adorned with a message for the Chancellor of Germany: "I want go to Germany Please Help Us Angela Merkel".David Maurice Smith/The Globe and Mail

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Migrants with placards out front of the Keleti Train station in Budapest.David Maurice Smith/The Globe and Mail

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A girl clutches a bunch of flowers as her family settles in for the night out front of the Keleti train station.David Maurice Smith/The Globe and Mail

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