refugees have reached their final destination in their journey to western europe. so hours after boarding a train in hungary, refugees arrived in the german city of munich where others made it into austria. authorities let syria and iraqi refugees buy tickets and board trains headed west from hungary, our arwa damon was there. reporter: they are very excited, because they ve waited so long to get on this train. now it s overpacked, overcrowded. they say that there s people that haven t reserved tickets. people are still asking if they can travel with just their syrian i.d. what we ve been told here is that yes, they should be able to make it and get on these trains. the reason why everyone is in such a panic to cram on the train and get out of here is there is this fear amongst all
i first in turkey, and in greece. and in macedonia. serbia. bulgaria. austria, then here. it s cost us about 2,000 euro or 3,000. reporter: and for many of the people who are coming here, it s also been quite confusing as to what exactly the regulations are here in the european union. many of them had to be in hungary for a long time. they thought they had to apply for asylum in hungary. some of them were pulled offer trains in austria and then were taken to refugee shelters there. the ones who are coming here to germany to munich, they are checked by police officers here at the train station, and many of them will be taken to shelter, and hopefully to safety. fred pleitgen, cnn, germany. at the center of the migrant crisis is an international agreement called the dublin regulation. so anyone seeking asylum must
the regulations here are in the european union. many had to be in hungary for a long time. some of them didn t have to apply for asylum. some were pulled off trains in austria and taken to refugee shelters here. when they arrive here many are checked at the train station and many will be taken to shelter and hopefully to safety. fred pleitgen, munich, germany. the migrant crisis is so unprecedented, leaders in the european union are struggling to find common ground and how to solve it. reporter: as the walls go up to keep migrants out, so, too, political divisions are mounting across the european union. hungary s decision to raise razor wire fences along the
bulgaria, eaustria, then here. it s cost us about 2,000 or 3,000. reporter: for many of the people coming here, it s been quite confusing as to what exactly the regulations are here in the european union. many had to be in hungary for a very long time. they thought they had to ally for asylum in hungary. some were pulled offer trains in austria and then were taken to refugee shelters there. now the ones coming here to germany from munich, when they arrived here are being checked by police officers that are here at the train station and then many of them will be taken to shelter and hopefully to safety. fred pleitgen, cnn, munich, germany. at the center of this is a dublin regulation. they must apply until they are approved. it s a challenge for
many are still in budapest waiting to leave. germany is the favorite destination. the country has already pledged to take in thousands of asylum speakers. we spoke with some refugees who managed to make it to munich. reporter: after a long and very difficult journey through much of europe, many of the refugees are now making it to here, this is munich s central station. and germany is, of course, one of the plain places that many of the refugees want to go. most of them have endured a very, very difficult travel, going first through turkey, then through greece, macedonia. many of them had a very difficult time in hurnch hungar. now some of them are coming here to germany and are talking about some of the things that they ve endured along the way. i passed in turkey and in greece. and in macedonia. serbia.