Croatian Army Helps Border Police as Migrants Keep Arriving

As many as 6200 migrants have crossed into Croatia from Serbia since Wednesday, the country's Interior Ministry has said.

According to Croatia's public broadcaster HRT, Defense Minister Ante Kotromanović has issued a decision that the military should provide assistance in coping with the influx.

6200 migrants in, headlines already evoking "humanitarian crisis". This escalated quickly. #refugees #croatia

— Jelena Prtoric (@yellena_p) September 17, 2015

On Tuesday evening, buses carrying migrants from Southern Serbia to the Hungarian border were redirected after Budapest announced it was closing its border for at least 30 days, also introducing tough measures to prevent thousands of people from breaking through.