TOVARNIK.- After Hungary closed its border to Serbia to prevent Syrian refugees from entering the country, unless they were requesting shelter, thousands of refugees decided to part way over to Croatia. The country represents the longest and harshest route towards Europe; this morning, the Republic reported to have received approximately 13,500 Syrian refugees.
In order to close their port of entry, Hungary placed a barb wire fence and then later used tear gas, batons and water canyons, to keep the refugees away.
After crossing over to Serbia by bus, many immigrants continued their path by foot crossing fields in order to get to Croatia, where dozens of police corps guided to the trains and buses, which would take them to the refugee centers.
What at first seem like an easy task, soon became into an out of control situation for the village of Tovarnik, where hundreds of immigrants fell out of line after waiting for hours under the sun, forced to keep going towards West Europe, leaving many injured and even one person on the floor, according to a photographer of The Associated Press.
Over 2,000 men, women and children waited at the local train station for hours, however, once the buses arrived, the refugees ran towards them, making it impossible for the police to detain them given that their were outnumbered.
It's very unlikely that the immigrants remain in Croatia for an extended period due to registry issues, thus, their purpose is to go through Slovenia, then Austria and finally head to Germany. "I don't wan to be registered in Croatia. I want to get out of here as soon as possible…I'm going to Germany and nobody is going to stop me," mentioned Khalid Nasr from Damasco, Syria.
Upon this situation, Croatia closed 7 out of 8 ports of entry with Serbia, leaving just one route open, from Belgrado to Zagred, known as Bajakovo. This Thursday, the Croatia's Interior Minister, Ranko Ostojic, mentioned that the country is completely full.
Source: Univision
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