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Serbia Introduces Stricter Border Control Amid Refugee Crisis

© REUTERS / Marko DjuricaMigrants run as Hungarian riot police fires tear gas and water cannon at the border crossing with Serbia in Roszke, Hungary September 16, 2015.
Migrants run as Hungarian riot police fires tear gas and water cannon at the border crossing with Serbia in Roszke, Hungary September 16, 2015. - Sputnik International
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Belgrade has joined Ljubljana and Zagreb in toughening its admission rules to the country, Serbian Labor Minister Aleksandar Vulin said Wednesday.

BELGRADE (Sputnik) — On Tuesday, Slovenia and Croatia reintroduced full controls on their border, preventing foreigners without proper documentation and plans to apply for asylum from entering their respective countries.

"We will act as Slovenia and Croatia do. Since this midnight, our government has begun implementing the solutions applied by other countries. This means that our border with Macedonia and Bulgaria in terms of migrants is working in accordance with the rules that have been established in Croatia and Slovenia," Vulin told reporters.

A group of refugees walk on the railway tracks after crossing from Serbia, into Roszke, Hungary, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. - Sputnik International
Serbia Ready to Increase Refugee Commitment Amid Ongoing Crisis
The Serbian minister added that the government would humanely treat the refugees already in Serbia but it would prevent illegal migrants from entering the country.

The decisions follow Monday's EU-Turkey summit that resulted in an agreement putting an end to the Balkan route used by migrants to travel through Greece and Macedonia to wealthier EU states.

Europe has been beset by a massive refugee crisis, with hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The EU border agency Frontex detected over 1.83 million illegal border crossings in 2015.

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