Hungary announced Friday that at midnight it will close its border with Croatia, where it has built a 216-mile razor fence, to control the influx of migrants seeking to reach Western Europe. The decision follows a meeting between Hungary and European Union leaders that failed to produce an agreement on the migrant crisis.
Experts are now concerned that migrants will be stranded in Croatia. Although border checkpoints between Croatia and Hungary will remain open, Hungary's foreign minister says controls will be tightened.
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