Croatia is forcing Hungary to take in more migrants

Croatia is busing migrants to Hungary after more than 17,000 people arrived in the preceding few days, having been turned away by neighboring European countries, The Associated Press reports.

Hungary, which has sealed off its borders and called up army reservists to defend them, apparently doesn't have a formal agreement with the country to take in more migrants and bus them to Austria, according to Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic.

"We made them take the refugees by sending people there," he said. "We'll keep on doing it."

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Croatia is also trying to send migrants through Slovenia, where police have fired tear gas to keep people from crossing the border, The Guardian reports. Most migrants, many of whom are refugees fleeing war and persecution, ultimately aim to reach western European countries like Germany and Sweden.