Squalid conditions seen at Budapest train station

Conditions have grown increasingly squalid around Budapest’s Keleti train station, where an estimated 3,000 migrants have camped for days as Hungarian authorities flip-flop over whether to let them get on trains heading to Austria and Germany.

Volunteers have been distributing water, food, medicine and disinfectants. But an AP reporter saw one infant boy beside his sleeping parents crawl onto the pavement Thursday to eat breadcrumbs from the floor.

Nearby, an unattended toddler walked to a pile of garbage, picking at discarded wrappers in search of candy.

But not to worry, Italy and Malta’s soccer teams will observe a moment of silence for the refugee crisis before their European Championship qualifier match.

Italian soccer federation president Carlo Tavecchio says he asked and received permission from UEFA President Michel Platini for the observation at the match Thursday night in Florence.

The two Mediterranean countries have been hard hit by the crisis.

— With AP