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In Pictures | Wave of migrants floods into Slovenia

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Migrants have flooded into Slovenia since Hungary closed its border with Serbia to people making arduous treks across Europe in September and clamped down on its border with Croatia on Saturday.

Since then, 21,500 people have entered Slovenia from Croatia, with many thousands more on the way.

Slovenian police on horseback and in riot gear surrounded hundreds of newcomers in a muddy field near the border village of Rigonce on Tuesday, herding them on a 9-mile trek to the nearest overcrowded reception area. Some of the refugees wrapped themselves in blankets to ward off the cold.

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Police, above, watched hundreds of migrants after they crossed from Croatia to Brezice, Slovenia.

Slovenia says it can handle only 2,500 migrants a day. On Tuesday, 8,000 arrived.

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Migrants, above, attempted to break through a cordon in a makeshift camp near the Austrian-Slovenian border in Sentilj, Slovenia.

Wrapped in blankets or standing around fires to warm up in biting wind and cold, hundreds were waiting to cross from Serbia to Croatia and continue their journey toward Western Europe.

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Slovenia’s government is pleading for help from its European neighbors as it struggles to cope with the influx.

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More migrants disembarked from a train, above, on their way to the Croatian-Slovenian border.

Tensions have built along the migrant trail after Hungary used razor wire to close off its borders with Serbia and Croatia to the migrants -- pushing the flow west into Slovenia, which in turn has also sought to limit arrivals.

Slovenia says Croatia is sending thousands of migrants toward its borders “without control,” ignoring requests to contain the surge.

(Darko Bandic / Associated Press)
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Migrants, above, walked towards a reception facility in Dobovna, Slovenia, after crossing from Croatia.

Slovenian police used pepper spray to try to prevent some 200 migrants from jumping ahead of a long line of people waiting to enter Austria, but it took a barrier set up by Austrian police to stop them.

(Christian Bruna / Associated Press)

Migrants, above, broke through a cordon in a makeshift camp near the Austrian border in Sentilj, Slovenia.

Then they ran down a street toward the border.

(Christian Bruna / Associated Press)
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