The long migration to the heart of Europe continues.
During the night, refugees continued to leave Croatia for Hungary and Slovenia. At the same time, new refugees have been arriving to Eastern Croatia, but their numbers have been lower than in the last few days, reports Index.hr and Vecernji List on September 21, 2015.
Refugees which have been waiting on the border with Slovenia at Bregana have been accepted by Slovenia, so currently there are no refugees on the Croatian side of the border, reports Croatian Radio-Television. The refugees blocked all traffic at the Bregana border crossing last night protesting because there were no buses to take them, but the Slovenian authorities finally did send additional buses which have transported all the refugees.
Tovarnik in Eastern Croatia is also empty this morning. All refugees who arrive in Eastern Croatia are immediately transferred to the temporary tent settlement in Opatovac, where they are waiting for trains and busses which will take them to Hungary and Slovenia. Croatian Radio-Television reports that at Opatovac there are currently several thousand refugees which are being registered and sent to Hungary. One refugee train left Tovarnik at 8.30 am this morning and is expected to arrive at the Botovo border crossing with Hungary this afternoon.
Last night, about a thousand refugees crossed the Croatian-Hungarian border on foot at the Terezino Polje in the Virovitica-Podravina County. They had been brought to the border in about 20 buses, and the Croatian police escorted them on foot to the border, where they were taken over by the Hungarian police.
Most of the refugees and migrants who have been waiting to enter Slovenia at Harmica border crossing for the last few days have also been accepted by Slovenia during the night. Slovenian authorities have transported them by buses to reception centres in the country.
During the night, Austria accepted about 250 migrants and refugees who had earlier been accommodated in reception centres in Gornja Radgona and Lendava, near the Slovenian border with Austria and Hungary.
The refugee problem was discussed yesterday in a telephone call between German chancellor Angela Merkel and Slovenian prime minister Miro Cerar. According to Slovenian media, Merkel has praised the “professional” treatment of migrants and refugees by Slovenia, while Cerar pointed to the problems that Slovenia currently has with the latest wave of migrants and warned that the common European solution for the crisis must be adopted at the European summit which will take place on Wednesday. On the eve of the summit, the interior ministers of EU member states will hold their special meeting related to the refugee wave.
