Border guards were unable to hold back the huge wave of migrants that was crossing the Croatian border today.
Riot police had to stand aside after being overwhelmed by the numbers, most of whom had passed through Serbia from the Hungarian border.
Yesterday, the Croatian government said it would allow all migrants free passage through the country and strongly criticised the Hungarian government for closing their border. However, Croatia’s Interior Minister has now admitted they “cannot receive any more people” as authorities struggle to cope with the huge influx.
Migrants force their way through police lines at Tovarnik station to board a train bound for Zagreb (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
A man hold a child up as scuffle break out with police forming a cordon to direct migrants and refugees onto board buses at the train station in the city of Tovarnik (-/AFP/Getty Images)
Migrants walk down the motorway toward buses which will take them to Croatia at the Horgos border crossing with Hungary (Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images)
Migrants queue for buses which will take them to Croatia at the Horgos border crossing with Hungary. (Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images)
Migrants walk down the motorway toward buses which will take them to Croatia at the Horgos border crossing with Hungary (Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images)
Migrants wash themselves the morning after yesterday’s clashes with police at the border crossing with Hungary (Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images)
Migrants queue for buses which will take them to Croatia at the Horgos border crossing with Hungary. (Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images)
Migrants wait under the sun at a railway station, near the official border crossing between Serbia and Croatia. (ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images)
Migrants queue for buses to take them to Croatia at the Horgos border crossing with Hungary (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)