Migrant
emergency: Tensions increase as Balkan pathway blocked
Tensions are building among 5000 of
migrants heading north through Balkan states as their way to Western Europe is caught
up by new controls.
Croatia had asked its northern neighbor
Slovenia to accept 5,000 migrants every day, but Slovenia said it would only receive
half that number.
The move has led to a build-up of
people on Croatia's boundary with Serbia.
An official told the media that
Croatia could run out of space in its transit camps within days.
Buses crammed with people were backed
up in Serbia on Sunday, and tempers flared between aggravated migrants and
overstretched police officers.
during the night, many were forced to pass
the time in the cold and the rain.
Thousands of asylum seekers are
travelling north through the Balkans, with the majority aiming to reach
Austria, Germany and other EU states.