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

PARIS (AP) – When Islamic State extremists lost control of a key crossroads town in northern Syria in June, some militants shed their jihadi garb and blended in with the flood of Syrians fleeing across the Turkish border.

Budapest described the train’s unannounced arrival as a “major, major incident” – and alleged 40 police officers accompanying the migrants had to be disarmed and sent back. “I find it weird and shocking that certain esteemed worldwide figures have...

Germany announced border controls on Sunday that slowed a rush of people over its border, relieving pressure on officials who have struggled to cope with the influx.

The decision came after the refugees and asylum seekers switched routes from Hungary to Croatia after the government in Budapest dramatically increased security at its borders. Stay in refugee centers in Serbia and Macedonia and Greece.

Croatia has closed seven of its eight road border crossings with Serbia following a huge influx of migrants.

Refugees wait inside the train that will bring them to the capital Zagreb in Osijek, near Hungarian border in Croatia.

In Croatia, 5,000 migrants have arrived in the country since Hungary imposed its crackdown, which included the building of a huge wall created to keep migrants out.

That route may soon close when Hungary completes the razor-wire fence it’s building on its 108-mile border with Serbia.

The Hungarian police announced Tuesday that the country has closed its borders to the influx of migrants and refugees attempting to cross into the European Union.

Numerous refugees and migrants are Syrians and Iraqis fleeing war in their homelands.

It is not clear what happened to all of the initial group attacked in northern Syria – some were killed, others captured, while the rest scattered.

Manfred Schmidt was president of Germany’s Federal Office for Refugees and Migrants, or BAMF, an office of the federal government that has come under criticism for not processing applications for asylum quickly enough and for mishandling resettlement of refugees.

The migrants, who started to enter Croatia early on Wednesday, were being registered with police in Tovarnik, near the border with Serbia.

From Wednesday night more than 3,500 migrants were transported by buses towards the Croatian border crossings Bezdan and Sid, with the financial assistance of the UN’s worldwide Organization for Migrations. “They have the same obligations as Croatia to keep people...