CAKOVEC, Croatia – Croatian police say more than 5,000 migrants have entered the country since Hungary closed its border because of the flow of people hoping to reach Western Europe.
Slovenia says it can take about half of the number per day, fueling fears that migrants could get stuck in Croatia or further east in Serbia or Macedonia.
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Croatian police also said Saturday a little over 190,000 have come in from Serbia since mid-September. Most have been transferred to Hungary, but Croatia started redirecting them to Slovenia after Hungary placed a barbed-wire fence on the migrant crossing at midnight Friday.
Slovenian Interior Ministry official Bostjan Sefic says “we will accept as many migrants as we can take care of.” Several hundred have entered so far, some of whom already have moved on to Austria.
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