“What else can we do?”
Milanovic said the Hungarians were “just showing off”.
The Croatian government said Friday it was overwhelmed by the influx and would be sending people toward Slovenia and Hungary.
“Don’t come here anymore”.
Slovenia has said it will return migrants coming in from Croatia.
Earlier this week, Croatia had welcomed migrants.
“Hypocrisy rules in Europe today”.
Bakondi said another 1,000-1,200 more migrants could come before the end of the day.
However, Croatian police spokeswoman Jelena Bikic said no one had been disarmed or arrested, the escort had been agreed in advance, and the police had returned to Croatia.
Hungary denied assertions by Croatian officials that the transport had been coordinated by the two governments.
The Balkans this weekend resembles a pinball machine, with people being flipped from border to border by states unwilling to let them in, or pass through. We want to go to Austria. A lot of them want to move on toward Germany or the Scandinavian countries.
Many refugees are now trying to take the Slovenian route on foot. It wasn’t clear where they have been headed next.
The migrants entering Hungary from Croatia were being registered and sent to reception centres near the Austrian border, from where they would likely cross to Austria and on to Germany, the favoured destination for the vast majority. A large truck lifted barriers onto the bridge.
The migrants, mostly from poor or war-torn countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, have streamed into Croatia since Wednesday, after Hungary blocked what had been the main route with a metal fence and riot police at its border with Serbia. Croatia also put some 800 on trains to Hungary.
Police have rounded up many migrants at the Tovarnik railway station on the Croatian side of the border withSerbia, where several thousand spent the night under open skies.
More than 500 people with Finnish flags have formed a symbolic human wall across a road in the border town Tornio in northern Finland to protest against the arrival of migrants from Sweden.
Slovenia has suspended all rail traffic with Croatia until at least the evening and says only those “meeting European Union requirements” would be allowed to enter the country.
A migrant holds a child in front of Slovenian police at the boarder from Croatia to Slovenia in Harmica, Croatia. “Not even for transit purposes”.
The latest developments as European governments rush to cope with the huge number of people moving across Europe.
Hungary, meanwhile, started building its newest razor-wire fence, along its border with Croatia.
Asked whether Croatia could send migrants to Slovenia, he said that: “Hungary is three times closer”.
Orban also lashed out at those in the West who have criticized his handling of the migrant crisis.
Migrants have in recent days turned to Turkey’s land borders with Greece and Bulgaria to avoid the sea voyage that has cost over 2,600 people their lives in the Mediterranean this year. “If one jumps from the 20th floor, one could view this as an expression of freedom from a liberal point of view, while in fact it looks more like suicide”. The global Organization for Migration puts those figures at 473,887 and 2,812. The family belongs to the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern rite church, and is waiting on an asylum application decision from Italy.
Syrian refugees wave towards the Eleftherios Venizelos passenger ship carrying refugees and migrants …
“You are not a parking lot for refugees, you are also victims of the situation and we won’t leave you alone”, Mr Hahn said.
Mr Edwards said: “You aren’t going to solve these problems by closing borders”. A spokesman for the United Nations refugee agency, Babar Baloch, said countries can not cope individually.
European Union enlargement commissioner Johannes Hahn said all EU countries “have the task to protect the external borders”. “So they need to do it together”.