Serbia: Thousands of refugees remain stranded on Serbia-Croatia border

Tensions rose as thousands of refugees remained stranded at the Berkasovo-Bapska border crossing, while waiting to cross into Croatia from the Serbian border town of Berkasovo, Friday. Croatian authorities restricted the huge groups of refugees entering their territory with long queues forming on the Serbian side. Police are only allowing small groups to go across the border from time to time, but as the buses keep arriving the number of refugees stranded is constantly growing. A dispute over the handling of refugees has emerged between Serbia and Croatia, with tensions rising after Croatia began turning away vehicles and migrants at its borders, saying it could not cope with the numbers. At the same time, Croatia is now directing refugees into neighbouring Slovenia after Hungary closed its border with Croatia.