A migrant child crosses the street with a luggage in Tovarnik, Croatia, September 17, 2015. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
TOVARNIK, Croatia (Reuters) - Croatia threatened to close its border with Serbia on Thursday as migrants fled from overwhelmed police, trekked through fields and tried to steal into Slovenia by train in a desperate march westwards that is sowing discord and recrimination in Europe.
The European Union’s newest member said some 8,000 migrants had trudged across its border from Serbia in one day, driven from trying to enter through Hungary by a metal fence, tear gas and water cannon.
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