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Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban has told the Austrian newspaper Die Presse the country will build a fence along portions of its border with Croatia.
Croatia and Slovenia take different tacks
The Croatian prime minister, Zoran Milanovic, has said the country will allow the free passage of refugees across its territory “to where they apparently wish to go”. In a criticism of Hungary, he said: “These people are here ... They do not want to come to Croatia or Hungary either and that is why I do not understand where is the problem of letting them pass through that country.”
Slovenia’s interior minister, Vesna Gyorkos Znidar, has meanwhile said it will not create a “safe corridor” for refugees to pass through on their way to Germany and Scandinavia but will receive asylum requests and accommodate them.
Austria to introduce border controls with Slovenia
Austria’s interior minister, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, says the country will start selective controls on its border with Slovenia within the next few hours. She told the Austria Press Agency that anyone wishing to apply for asylum still could do so but at the same time, she said Austria was looking to send “a clear signal” that the country cannot handle an uncontrolled mass arrival of refugees.
Hungarian riot police have used teargas, water cannon and pepper spray against refugees at the border with Serbia.
Refugees threw missiles during the clashes, which appeared to start after people forced open a border gate.
Several people received medical treatment from the Serbian ambulance service.
Most were suffering from the tear gas but a pregnant woman reportedly started giving birth during the clashes and one young man had a bloody leg.