The Latest: Slovenian police pepper spray migrants at border
Gyorgy Bakondi, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's homeland security adviser, said Friday that the train was seized and its conductor placed in police custody, while the migrants were sent to registration centers where they may request asylum.
Government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs denied statements by Croatian officials claiming the transport of migrants to Hungary had been coordinated and agreed on by the two governments.
Croatian police say 17,089 migrants have entered the country in the last three days, part of a massive influx of people heading toward Western Europe.
Police said Friday that Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic has scheduled a meeting with local officials in the crisis-hit region near the border with Serbia.
Slovenia's prime minister says establishing a transit corridor for migrants through the small Alpine nation toward Western Europe is an option if the influx becomes overwhelming.
Prime Minister Miro Cerar said Friday that Slovenian authorities are in contact with neighboring countries like Croatia.
The Hungarian special forces handling the migrants carried rifles and had trucks with automatic grenade launchers.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has discussed the migrant crisis with Croatia's prime minister and both agree "the problem must be solved at the European Union's external borders."
The German government statement also said Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic told Merkel on Friday about Croatia's efforts "to comply fully with its obligations" in making sure all refugees are being treated humanely.
A former Hungarian prime minister says video footage shows that Hungarian police opened a gate at the border with Croatia and then attacked migrants who tried to go through.
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Government officials have denied that police opened the border gate and call the clash an