EU Migration Crisis -- News Updates October 19, 2015

Reuters: Backlog of migrants swells in the Balkans, tempers fray

The Balkans struggled with a growing backlog of migrants on Monday after Hungary sealed its southern border and Slovenia tried to impose a limit, leaving thousands stranded on cold, rain-drenched borders where tempers frayed.

Having declared it would accept only 2,500 per day, Slovenia said 5,000 had arrived from Croatia on Monday.

Around 2,000 more trekked through fields and along railway tracks over the border, having apparently arrived by train; they were rounded up by Slovenian police on the other side as a helicopter circled overhead, and escorted to a camp with capacity for 400, a Reuters reporter said.

WNU Editor: I guess fences and walls do work .... Hungary says migrant influx 'stops' (AFP). Be prepared for delays if you take the Euro-tunnel .... Hundreds of migrants storm the Channel Tunnel in organised 'waves', forcing Eurotunnel to close in both directions overnight (Daily Mail).

EU Migration Crisis -- News Updates October 19, 2015

Thousands rush into Croatia as police reopen Serbia border -- AP
Migrant crisis: Croatia opens Serbia border -- BBC
Croatia Opens Border, Allows Thousands of Migrants to Enter -- VOA
Croatia allows thousands stranded at Serbian border to cross -- AFP
More than 10,000 refugees stranded in Serbia as borders close, UNHCR says -- The Guardian/Reuters
Croatia opens border to thousands of refugees as temperatures drop -- FOX News
5,000 migrants reach Slovenia on Monday: official -- Reuters
10,000 Migrants Stranded in Serbia as Borders Close: UNHCR -- NBC
Slovenia to slow refugee flow over fears of bottleneck -- Al Jazeera
Refugees Forced to Reroute While Hungary Reinforces Border Blocks -- Sputnik
Thousands of migrants caught in European bottleneck -- CNN
Migrant tensions rise in Balkans amid blocked routes -- USA Today
Winter Poses New Danger for Migrants -- NYT
Why Refugees and Migrants Are Moving West in the Cold and Rain -- Emili Shapiro, ABC News