“The current situation in Slovenia, prima facie, appears to be a situation covered by the rules”, said the Commission.

The migrants walked across a small bridge over the Sutla river in no-man’s land, one woman holding a rose, but were blocked by a line of riot police. Hungary condemned the incident, calling it a “major violation of global law” on Saturday, the Independent reported.

The migrants are unlikely to stay long in Croatia. But they have little choice after Hungary sealed off its southern border with Serbia on Tuesday and began arresting anyone caught trying to enter the country illegally.

“It is our duty, according to agreements, to register people who arrived, check their identities and establish whether they can enter the European Union or not”. However, Croatia said there had been no arrests.

A group of refugees head to Refugee Center in Brezice, Slovenia, on September 19, 2015.

The Slovenian authorities on Friday registered more than 1000 refugees that had entered the country while more than 700 were still at the Obrezje border crossing, 20 kilometres east of the Croatian capital Zagreb, waiting to be allowed in. Dozens were injured. “They are people in genuine need of our protection”.

“If migrants lodge applications for refugee status at us, we will accept and protect them“.

His comments come just days after Hungary closed its border with Serbia to stop the influx of migrants. Croatian police onboard were disarmed and arrested along with the train’s driver, Hungarian officials said.