Migrants reach Croatia seeking new route to EU

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[h=4]Migrants reach Croatia seeking new route to EU[/h]The first group of migrants reached Croatia on Wednesday with the aim of making their way into northern European countries including Germany, after Hungary closed its border with Serbia the previous day.

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A first busload of migrants arrived near Serbia's border with EU member Croatia hoping to circumvent a razor-wire fence erected by Hungary.
Video provided by AFP Newslook


Refugees from Middle Eastern countries walk on railway tracks to the Hungarian border near the Northern Serbia's town of Horgos on September 14, 2015 before Hungary seals its border on September 15.(Photo: ELVIS BARUKCIC, AFP/Getty Images)


The first group of migrants reached Croatia on Wednesday with the aim of making their way into northern European countries including Germany, after Hungary closed its border with Serbia the previous day.
A busload of 30 to 40 people, mostly from Syria and Afghanistan, disembarked at the Serbian border town of Sid after a 300 mile overnight journey from Presevo, the southernmost area of Serbia which borders Macedonia, Agence France-Presse reported.
Zoran Milanovic, the prime<span style="color: Red;">*</span>minister of Croatia, which is<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a European Union member, on Wednesday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>criticized Hungary’s decision to seal the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>border.
Speaking to the country's parliament, he<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>“we are ready to accept and direct those people," adding that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>“they will be able to pass through Croatia and we are working intensively to enable that.”
In Austria, hundreds left<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the train station in Salzburg and are attempting<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to enter Germany on foot.
On Tuesday, Hungary declared a state of emergency in two southern counties as new laws to prevent migrants from illegally entering the country went into effect. It is now illegal to cross or damage a 13-foot razor-wire fence on Hungary's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>border with Serbia and Hungarian police sealed a key crossing on a railway track. The moves sparked refugees and migrants to block the main highway connecting Serbia and Hungary in protest after the border was shut.

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Migrants protested at the border between Hungary and Serbia which authorities closed the day before after Serbia said it 'cannot handle' migrant influx.
Video provided by AFP Newslook

However, small groups of migrants continued to sneak into Hungary on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported. Hungarian prosecutors said four Iraqis are on trial for crossing the border illegally — the first to go to court under the new laws, according to the news agency. At least 174 migrants were arrested Tuesday for illegally crossing the border, or damaging the fence.
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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has announced plans for another fence on its border with Romania, according to AFP.
Tuesday, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter called on Germany to take the lead in solving the crisis, comparing it to Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees arriving in the United States<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in the late 1970s,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>during his presidency.
The same day, Syrian President Bashar Assad told Russia Today (RT) that Europe isn't dealing with the cause of the refugee crisis. Thousands of Syrian refugees are heading to Europe, and more than 4 million are in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt since the outbreak of war in 2011. Russia is providing military assistance to the Syrian government.
"It's not about that Europe didn't accept them or embrace them as refugees, it's about not dealing with the cause," Assad told RT, which is funded by the Russian government. "If you are worried about them, stop supporting terrorists. That's what we think regarding the crisis."
Germany's government pledged extra support for receiving and distributing tens of thousands of migrants entering the country following a meeting Tuesday, German media reported. The country is expecting 800,000 migrants this year.
"The important thing now is to create an orderly and transparent process to deal with the large number of refugees," Chancellor Angela Merkel said, according to the DPA news agency.
Germany and Austria called Tuesday for an EU summit on the crisis next week.
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