The outpouring of emotion over the death of a Syrian toddler has blinded us to the roots of this humanitarian crisis, argues Matthew Paris in The Times, external.

"The distinction between an 'economic migrant' and a political asylum-seeker is impossible to maintain when entire countries, their economies, their administrations and their law and order break down," he writes.

"Whether that dead child’s father was escaping from political persecution, or simply from chaos and despair, I defy you to adjudicate and I doubt he could."

The first train to arrive from Austria to Germany has arrived in Munich was carrying 167 migrants, according to the Associated Press. They were among a larger group who had traveled by bus from Hungary to Austria. 

Federal police spokesman Simon Hegewald told AP a specially chartered train from Salzburg, Austria, with several hundred migrants on board is expected in Munich around noon GMT.

Human rights group Amnesty International has welcomed the initiative to clear Hungary's humanitarian traffic jam.

"After endless examples of shameful treatment by governments of refugees and migrants in Europe, it is a relief to finally see a sliver of humanity. But this is far from over, both in Hungary and in Europe as a whole,'' Amnesty's deputy director for Europe, Gauri van Gulik, is quoted by the AP news agency as saying.

"The pragmatic and humane approach finally applied here should become the rule, not the exception."

BBC Radio 4's chief correspondent Matthew Price has tweeted footage, external of children on their way from Hungary to Austria, who he says are "so well behaved. After so much". 

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Many migrants are beginning to arrive at Munich train station on Saturday morning. Germany is expecting 10,000 arrivals out of Hungary, now people there have been allowed to travel onwards.

British MPs will have a full day’s debate on the refugee crisis following Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, the Guardian reports, external. It says that the Scottish National Party (SNP) has decided to use its opposition day to raise the issue.  

The SNP will lead the debate by calling for urgent action from the British government, which it argues has "failed to show moral or political leadership" over the migrant issue.

Europe's treatment of migrants evokes memories of the the continent's darkest hour, The New York Times, external says.

“It was horrifying when I saw those images of police putting numbers on people’s arms,” the paper quotes Hungarian Chief Rabbi Robert Frolich as saying.

“It reminded me of Auschwitz."

The human tide south of Hungary is rising, officials quoted by the AP news agency have warned, as more westward-bound travelers arrived in Budapest within hours of the mass evacuation of the capital's central rail station.

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A steady stream of migrants have been crossing from Hungary in Austria throughout Saturday morning.

Hungarian authorities say there will be no further buses or trains to take people to the Austrian border. It says it acted out of fear for the safety of those who had been walking towards the border, and is now reviewing the situation.

A train from Austria carrying several hundred refugees is expected to arrive in Munich around noon GMT, Reuters reports.

The Malta-based search and rescue charity Migrant Offshore Aid Station (Moas) says it has received more than €1m (£730,000, $1.1m) in donations from around the world in the past 48 hours, since the outcry over the images of three-year-old Alan Kurdi whose body washed up on a Turkish beach.

Moas has a ship, carrying drones and medical supplies, which helps rescue people attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea.

The BBC's Imelda Flattery reports that more than a thousand migrants have started walking from Budapest station to Austria, a march that has occurred for the second day running.

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The BBC's Imelda Flattery reports that many more migrants are arriving at Keleti station in Budapest, Hungary.

Germany is prepared to receive 10,000 migrants over the next few hours, Reuters reports, with Bavarian state police saying they expect the first refugees to arrive in Germany around midday GMT.

Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs says his country has fulfilled its obligations with regards to migrants. 

"Obviously what we promised, we are fulfilling, that is we are keeping law and order, not only at the borders... but also on the roads and railways of the country, as well as the Hungarian side of the border."