Croatia : The Newest Syrian Migrants Route towards western Europe

thousands of migrants poured into Croatia at a key border crossing with Serbia.


With Hungary’s border closed, thousands of refugees and migrants in Serbia have been searching for a new route to Western Europe. Many are starting to make their way to the Croatian border after Croatia's prime minister said Wednesday that he would allow free passage across the country

Riot police have been forced to stand aside after they failed to hold back the latest wave of refugees and migrants that has been pushing into Croatia. More than 6,000 migrants have entered Croatia since Wednesday after many were unable to pass into Hungary from Serbia. They were forced to divert from their previous route north through Hungary after the border with Serbia was closed. It prompted the Croatian interior minister to announce: "Croatia cannot receive any more people". At least 2,000 migrants and refugees gathered at Croatia's Tovarnik railway station waiting for onward travel. Amid chaotic scenes in Croatia, hundreds of asylum seekers surged past security forces on Thursday to continue their journey to Western Europe. Some 6,000 migrants and refugees have poured into Croatia from Serbia in recent hours, after riot police and a razor wire fence thwarted their efforts to enter Hungary. Fed up with waiting for transport to continue their journey, huge crowds at the Croatian border town of Tovarnik pushed past police lines. But as thousands of others began to gather at border crossings, border guards were unable to hold them back and were forced to let them go. Sky's Stuart Ramsay said the situation in Tovarnik has become increasingly chaotic as the number of migrants has increased. One man was seen passed out on the ground as scores attempted to get on a set of buses that turned up to move them on. In Zagreb, riot police have surrounded a hotel housing migrants, many of which have occupied balconies shouting "freedom". Play video "Holes In Hungarian Border Fence" Video: Holes In Hungarian Border Fence The police took up positions as hundreds of migrants and refugees threw toilet paper from upper storeys. Croatia, which joined the EU in 2013 as its newest member, previously said it would not halt the passage of refugees heading further into the bloc. Many were thought to be heading towards Slovenia, which unlike Croatia is a member of the border-free Schengen travel zone, and has ruled out making itself a "corridor" for migrants. Meanwhile, police in Hungary have detained 150 migrants and refugees who have broken through a fence on the border with Serbia. Play video "Sky Reporter In Thick Of Clashes" Video: Sky Reporter In Thick Of Clashes Sky's Alex Crawford witnessed the arrests of about 40 of them in Assothalom, on the Hungarian side of the border, near a hole in the fence that had been cut through. Among those arrested while breaking through, according to AP, was the man Hungary identified as responsible for what it described as "riots" on Wednesday. Hungary has been facing an international outcry over the treatment of migrants and refugees after clashes broke out on its border with Serbia. Police fired tear gas when hundreds broke through a razor wire fence with reports of two people being seriously injured and hundreds needing treatment.
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