Local aid group warns closure of Hungarian border could push refugees through territory still littered with landmines
Migrants and refugees attempting to reach western Europe face the risk of landmines, aid groups fear, after the closure of the route through Hungary pushes many to look to Croatia.
Hungary today declared a state of emergency in its border regions and closed its frontier, prompting fierce condemnation from the UN and Serbia, its southern neighbour.
Tonight hundreds of migrants are camping in fields by the motorway crossing near Roszke, after police sealed the M5 – a major artery through the south of the country - with a high gated fence. It closes a route for tens of thousands of migrants this summer.
While some tried to circumvent the border by finding holes in the razor-wire fence further along, others were plotted new routes into Europe, including via Croatia raising fears of casualties from mines laid during the 1990s Balkan war.