Reuters: East European leaders in war of words as migrants pour across borders
Hungary and Croatia traded threats on Saturday as thousands of exhausted migrants poured over their borders, deepening the disarray in Europe over how to handle the tide of humanity.
More than 20,000 migrants, many of them refugees from the Syrian war, have trekked into Croatia since Tuesday, when Hungary used a metal fence, tear gas and water cannon on its southern border with Serbia to bar their route into the European Union.
EU leaders, deeply divided, are due to meet on Wednesday in a fresh attempt to agree on how and where to distribute 160,000 refugees among their countries, but the noises from some of the newer members of the bloc were far from friendly.
WNU Editor: The Croats do not want these Muslim refugees/migrants .... they spent a considerable amount of time in the 1990s fighting a war against Bosnian Muslims, and those memories are still fresh in their minds . As far as the Croats are concerned .... take these people and just shove them to the northern borders and hope that someone else will take responsibility for them .... which is naturally making Croatia's neighbours angry. But this ignores the big problem which is Germany. Their refusal to close their borders and/or to make it very clear in a public statement that they will not permit refugees to come into their country en-mass is causing this crisis in Europe right now. There are literally tens of millions of people around the world who are now talking amongst themselves and/or making plans to go to Europe if not this year .... next year ... and the reason why many of them are willing to risk such a trip is simple .... to escape extreme poverty and destitution. And the fact that the perception in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia is that everyone and anyone can now go and become a German citizen with all of its rights and privileges ... that is just fuelling this migration .... and until that perception is changed .... this flood of humanity is just the beginning.
More News On The Migration Crisis In The EU
Thousands more pour into Austria as EU migrant crisis deepens -- AFP
Flow of migrants into Austria from Hungary increases -- Reuters
Austria takes in 11,000 new migrants in just 24 hours -- AP
European Migration Spat Intensifies as Influx Continues -- WSJ