Slovenia border stand-off as Croatia busses migrants into Hungary

[WorldNews]

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Overwhelmed Croatia bussed hundreds of migrants to its border with Hungary, ratcheting up tensions in Europe's refugee crisis as police fired tear gas to drive back several hundred people trying to enter Slovenia. As Budapest said more than 4,400 people had crossed from Croatia in 24 hours before it closed the final stretch of a new razor wire barrier along the frontier at midnight, Slovenia said it was considering "corridors" for refugees through its territory and would take in up to 10,000 refugees. Croatia earlier said it had reached saturation point after more than 17,000 people arrived on its soil in the last two days, and began channelling the flow towards hardline Hungary, which has vowed to "defend its borders" from the influx.

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