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Croatia has reversed its policy on allowing in migrants and is instead sending those already in the nation north, angering Hungary and Slovenia. Waves of migrants seeking to enter the EU from the south-east have been shunted from one border to another as governments disagree over the crisis.
Croatia's PM Zoran Milanovic said it would not become a "migrant hotspot". Croatia reversed its open-door policy after 17,000 arrivals since Wednesday. It is now sending thousands of migrants north, angering Slovenia and Hungary.
Hundreds of migrants were transported to Hungary, which accused Croatia of encouraging "mass criminal offences". Hungary is reportedly moving the migrants on towards Austria. Hungary, which is putting a fence on its border with Croatia, is reportedly sending new arrivals on to Austria.
Slovenia accused Croatia of breaking rules for the EU and the Schengen zone. Two EU crisis meetings will take place next week.
Many of the migrants are fleeing conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Thousands began entering Croatia from Serbia this week after Hungary closed its Serbian border, and cut off the previous route north.
Croatia had initially said the migrants would be welcome, but on Friday it said it was overwhelmed and would not become a "migrant hotspot".
Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic said that more than 17,000 migrants had arrived since Wednesday morning and that 3,000 had now crossed into Hungary.
Hungary reversed its stance from earlier in the week and let the new arrivals in.
Hungary is now taking the migrants to two registration centres, close to the border with Austria.
Austria said it had no co-ordination with Hungary to take the migrants. It reserved the right to deny entry to migrants who did not request asylum because they wanted to continue travelling north to Germany or elsewhere.
Separately, hundreds of migrants set off for Slovenia, to the west. The BBC's Christian Fraser, at the Slovenia-Croatia border, said the number of migrants arriving was building on Friday evening.
Migrant crisis: Day's events as they happenedMigrant crisis: Day's events as they happened
Croatia said it had been overwhelmed by the numbers of migrants arriving through Serbia. Many are fleeing conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. EU in disarray - Chris Morris, BBC News, Brussels
Up to 14,000 have entered over the past two days, seeking passage to northern Europe. There are clearly no simple solutions, but criticism of the EU's incoherent response to the refugee crisis is mounting, and Europe's leaders know it.
Two EU meetings next week will be crucial, if that trend is to be reversed. But they'll take place amid serious disagreements between EU member states.
Governments in central Europe are issuing strong criticism of each other - for failing to protect their borders, or for passing the buck. And several of them blame Germany for encouraging so many migrants to travel in the first place.
Germany, in turn, has warned again that any country showing a lack of solidarity on this issue cannot count - over time - on receiving money from the rest of the EU.
If this becomes not just a difference of opinion, but a clash of values, then Europe could be in real trouble.
In other developments:In other developments:
'Pathetic' Slovenian anger
Mr Milanovic said: "Hungary has closed off its border with barbed wire. That's not a solution, but these people remaining in Croatia is not a solution either." Earlier, Hungary announced it was building a new fence along part of its border with Croatia.
Asked whether Croatia could send migrants to Slovenia, he said that "Hungary is three times closer".
Some 20 buses carrying migrants arrived at the Hungarian border crossing of Beremend on Friday afternoon.
Amid a heavy Hungarian military presence, the migrants were then put on Hungarian buses and allowed to enter.
Gavin Lee, BBC Europe reporter, Tovarnik, Croatia
There are 2,000 refugees and migrants here, in a long line in the middle of a road, that leads from Tovarnik train station into a village on the Croatian border with Serbia.
They're being told to queue in lines of two by riot police dotted along the line at short intervals. Some of the migrants have been here for two days, waiting for buses to take them to registration centres elsewhere in the country.
But now there's confusion over where they will go, after the Croatian PM said it cannot keep registering people. Slowly the word is spreading here that they will be moved further towards Slovenia and Hungary, even though those countries have closed their borders.
Paramedics here say many of those that are left are suffering heat exhaustion and that more than 100 people have collapsed with severe dehydration.
A Hungarian police spokesman told Reuters the migrants were being taken to two Hungarian registration points in Szentgotthard and Vamosszabadi, close to the Austrian border.
However, Austria's interior ministry said it had no co-ordination with Hungary to take the migrants. It said it reserved the right to deny entry to migrants who do not request asylum.
Reuters later reported that a train carrying more than 1,000 migrants had arrived at the southern Hungarian village of Magyarboly, just north-east of Beremend.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban had earlier said that Hungary had started building a new fence along part of its border with Croatia.
It was Hungary's completion of a razor-wire fence along its border with Serbia earlier this week that forced Serbia to move migrants towards Croatia.It was Hungary's completion of a razor-wire fence along its border with Serbia earlier this week that forced Serbia to move migrants towards Croatia.
Hungary's new laws made attempts to cross its frontier illegal, and Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Friday accused Croatia of encouraging "masses of people to commit a criminal offence".Hungary's new laws made attempts to cross its frontier illegal, and Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Friday accused Croatia of encouraging "masses of people to commit a criminal offence".
He called Mr Milanovic's handling of the matter "pathetic".
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Slovenian anger
Croatian officials said earlier that every border crossing with Serbia except the main road linking Belgrade and Zagreb - at Bajakovo - had been closed.Croatian officials said earlier that every border crossing with Serbia except the main road linking Belgrade and Zagreb - at Bajakovo - had been closed.
Many migrants who managed to enter were rounded up by Croatian police and sent to reception centres.Many migrants who managed to enter were rounded up by Croatian police and sent to reception centres.
Some were taken to the capital, Zagreb. The BBC's Christian Fraser there says buses are arriving from the south all the time but many people are also now trying to go on to Slovenia on foot. Some were taken to the capital, Zagreb, but many were also trying to get to Slovenia on foot.
The Slovenian interior ministry said it expected some 1,000 migrants to arrive in the next 24 hours, mainly from Zagreb.The Slovenian interior ministry said it expected some 1,000 migrants to arrive in the next 24 hours, mainly from Zagreb.
Bostjan Sefic, state secretary at the Slovenian interior ministry, accused Croatia of breaking the rules of both the EU and the Schengen free movement agreement by deciding to no longer register migrants.Bostjan Sefic, state secretary at the Slovenian interior ministry, accused Croatia of breaking the rules of both the EU and the Schengen free movement agreement by deciding to no longer register migrants.
He said Slovenia had "no basis on which we could form a corridor" for the migrants.
It has closed its rail service to Croatia.It has closed its rail service to Croatia.
The crisis has challenged Schengen, with Germany, Austria and Slovakia all re-imposing checks on parts of their borders. However, Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar later said that if the pressure of arrivals became too great, it might seek to form corridors allowing migrants safe passage.
The crisis has challenged the Schengen regime, with Germany, Austria and Slovakia all reimposing checks on parts of their borders.
EU regulations dictate refugees must register and claim asylum in the first member state they reach.EU regulations dictate refugees must register and claim asylum in the first member state they reach.
But many migrants and refugees wish to continue on to Germany and Austria.But many migrants and refugees wish to continue on to Germany and Austria.
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