More than 4000 migrants came to Hungary from Croatia, train seized

Only on Wednesday, Hungary had fired volleys of tear gas and water cannon to keep out stone-throwing migrants on its border with Serbia, the second day of a crackdown that right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban says is designed to defend “Christian” Europe from hundreds of thousands of mainly Muslim migrants.

Others trying to enter Slovenia by train from Croatia were intercepted by border police, with officials stopping all rail traffic on the main line between the countries.

Croatia represents a longer and more hard route into Europe, but those fleeing violence in their homelands appear to have little choice.

Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic met Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann, who was also due to meet his Slovenian counterpart Miro Cerar in Ljubljana. The country is preparing for the inevitable influx, building shelters and setting up tents.

This was a direct result of Hungary closing its border with Serbia, leaving thousands stranded.

When some of these people made their way to Croatia, Zagreb allowed them in, but has subsequently said it can not register them all and has closed seven of eight border crossings.

“Without any consultation, 1,000 migrants have been brought by train to Magyarboly”, said Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs.

Croatian Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic warned on Thursday that Croatia would close its border with Serbia if the flow of migrants continued at the same rate, saying his country was full to capacity.

More than 11,000 people had entered Croatia from Serbia since early Wednesday, the ministry added.

Hungary, which has been the transit route for over 180,000 migrants this year, has built a 3.5-meter fence on its border with Serbia and implemented a raft of immigration laws to clamp down on migration.

She said: “This is a clear message that Hungary and the European Union need to find real solutions to the refugee crisis”. A large group started toward Osijek on foot this morning, where they will take buses and trains to Zagreb, and then proceed toward Slovenian, Croatian media are reporting. Serbian state TV reported that 70 buses transported people overnight to the border with Croatia. A spokesman for the United Nations refugee agency, Babar Baloch, said countries could not cope individually.

Croatian police have struggled this week to deal with the mass influx of refugees.

“We will certainly act towards them better than some other countries, as we have seen in the last few days”.