Hundreds of refugees and migrants have arrived in Munich, Germany, after they were allowed to leave Hungary and cross through Austria.
They are among thousands who have been on the move after Germany and Austria agreed to take more refugees, waiving asylum rules.
Hungary, which has been struggling to cope with an influx of people from the Middle East and Asia, relaxed its attempts to stop the progress of the people, many of whom are refugees from Syria.
Germany opened its borders as German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country would be setting no limit to the number of people who could seek asylum in her country.
"The right to political asylum has no limits on the number of asylum seekers," she told the Funke newspapers group. "As a strong, economically healthy country we have the strength to do what is necessary."
Irish MEP Brian Hayes, speaking to Talking Point with Sarah Carey this morning, believes a binding quota system is the fairest way to decide how many people should go to each country:
A police spokesman said around 450 people arrived on a special train from Austria and they would now be taken to an emergency registration centre nearby.
Police have said they are expecting up to 10,000 refugees to come to Germany from Hungary via Austria on Saturday.
It came as Hungary said it will deploy police to its southern border with Serbia, and could use the Army, amid a continuing stream of people travelling north from Turkey.
More than 150,000 have already made their way through Hungary, the country has said.
Budapest to Austria
People arrive at the border station between Hegyeshalom, Hungary, and Nickelsdorf, Austria. Image: Christian Bruna / AP/Press Association Images
Earlier in the week, the government attempted to stop refugees and migrants from travelling and to move them to camps in what it described as an attempt to uphold international agreements.
Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban said: "It's not 150,000 (people coming) that some want to divide according to quotas.
"It's not 500,000 - a figure that I heard in Brussels. It's millions, then tens of millions, because the supply of immigrants is endless."
Thousands more refugees and migrants have been reported on the move in southern Hungary and in Serbia.
Others have also continued to make their way to the Greek islands from Turkey where last week a three-year-old boy was photographed drowned on a beach.
Police in Austria said 6,500 refugees are now in the country, of which 2,200 are on their way to Germany.
Before dawn, thousands of exhausted people climbed into a set of buses which had been laid on by the Hungarian government.
Sky's Mark Stone, who is on the Austrian border, said the main E60 motorway from Budapest was jammed with people and traffic carrying them.
One of those who had made their way to Vienna, Firas Al Tahan, 38, a laundry worker from the Syrian capital, Damascus sad he was pleaeed to be there.
"I am very happy," he said.
Germany provided refuge to 104,460 people in August and is expected to take in a total of 800,000 this year alone.
Meanwhile events are being held across Ireland today to show solidarity with refugees fleeing war-torn countries.
