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Croatia could become a "hot spot" for immigrants. With this sentence, Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said that his country will allow refugees to use the country as a thoroughfare to other countries of the European Union.
He said the country can not close the borders KOMPLEKT, but the situation was urgent and irresistible flow to authorities. Croatia closed in the early hours of Friday seven of its eight border crossings after the large influx of immigrants has begun to flow from Serbia in the last two days.
Within a few hours, more than 14 thousand refugees, most of them Syrians entered Croatia. Their movement to Croatia and Slovenia arrived after the decision of the Hungarian authorities, who provoked the measures being considered a criminal offense illegal border violation.
Balkans are widely used by displaced by conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan, as a way to transition to the European Union countries. Most of them aim Germany. Berlin has sought awareness of other countries of the Union to distribute the number of asylum seekers.
So far, Brussels has agreed to allocate only 40 thousand refugees, but the figures are much higher. The crisis has followed the reaction of many of the EU countries that are reluctant to take in the displaced and have reinforced their borders returned checks.
Return of checks at the border by a part of the Schengen area, has been interpreted by analysts as a challenge to the agreement entered into force in 1995 to free movement.