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Budapest concert urges solidarity with migrants

13 September 2015 03:25 (UTC +04:00)

A demonstration and concert at Budapest's Keleti train station meant to express solidarity with migrants drew mostly people angry about Prime Minister Viktor Orban's treatment of migrants.

Activists gathered signatures for a referendum aimed at repealing government policies, while people held signs like "Not in my name" or "Refugee lives are a matter of solidarity, not a political campaign."

Musicians performed everything from jazz to songs from the Csango culture, a Hungarian-speaking minority living in Romania, for a few hundred people.

Most of the migrants remained in a sunken plaza at the train station instead of going to the concert upstairs.

Abdulhakim Issa, a 15-year-old from Syria, welcomed the concert but explained that he was preparing to get on the next train out of Budapest to reach his brother in Germany.