Thousands of refugees are trapped in Hungary until at least January as transfer window slams shut

A large number of refugees from the Middle East and some from North Africa are thought to be stranded in Hungary without a chance of moving on anywhere for at least four months as the transfer window crawly slammed shut on them yesterday.

A spokesperson for the Hungarian government said "we tried to get some of refugees deals sorted elsewhere in the EU but it was difficult, some didn't have the right paperwork like work permits etc, a few of them didn't even have agents.  How did they expect us to find them somewhere to go?

The migrants who are said to be fleeing the harsh conditions of war, famine, lack of decent food and clean water have come to Europe in the hope of finding a better life. Many of them were hoping to make it to Germany but it is now thought they will have to stay in Hungary until January.

The Hungarian spokesman said "we might be able to loan some of them to countries where the window isn't enforced for a few months and then they can move on when the window reopens.  If we do loan a few thousand of them out then we'll nearly have as many loaned out as Chelsea have.