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| Migrants break through Croatian police lines at Tovarnik | |
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| Crowds of migrants crossing from Serbia have broken through riot police lines on the Croatian border at Tovarnik. | |
| Croatia is struggling to deal with at least 6,000 arrivals since Wednesday morning after Hungary closed its border with Serbia, blocking the previous route into the European Union. | |
| Croatian officials say migrants must apply for asylum there or be treated as illegal immigrants. | |
| EU leaders will hold an emergency summit next week to discuss the crisis. | |
| There were chaotic scenes at Tovarnik as riot police tried to hold back hundreds of migrants, angry at waiting for hours in intense heat for transport on from the border. | |
| Groups of people broke through police lines, with women and children knocked over in the melee. | |
| In the baking heat, crowds of migrants chanted "we want to go". | |
| Correspondents say police are helping children and other vulnerable people to get through. | |
| Many of the people are exhausted with supplies of food and water running low. | |
| The BBC's Lyse Doucet, at Tovarnik station, says the crowds there - many of them Iranian, Iraqi or Syrian - are angry and frustrated, demanding to know when transport will arrive. | |
| On Wednesday, hundreds were involved in clashes at the Hungary-Serbia border. |