European Union ministers are to meet to try to resolve a dispute over how to relocate 120,000 asylum seekers who have recently arrived in Europe.

Austria saw the arrival of at least 10,000 migrants, amid bitter rows among EU nations on how to handle the growing crisis.

Migrants stranded in Croatia are making renewed efforts to head north despite moves by Slovenia and Hungary to hold them back.

Migrants flooding into Croatia will be "moved on", PM Zoran Milanovic has warned, adding that his country cannot become a "migrant hotspot".

Croatia closes seven of its eight road border crossings with Serbia following a huge influx of migrants.

The flow of migrants through the Balkans picks up again with thousands entering Croatia, and the number doubling in a day for Germany.

Hungarian riot police fire tear gas and water cannon to force back migrants who broke through gates at the now closed Serbia-Hungary border.

Hundreds of migrants are stranded at the Serbia-Hungary border after the Hungarian government closed the frontier with a new razor-wire fence.

Russia's recent movements near Syria's city of Latakia suggest that Moscow plans to establish a "forward air operating base" there, the US has said.

Austria says it is deploying troops to help deal with a migrant influx, and will tighten controls on its border with Hungary.

Thousands of refugees could be left in "legal limbo" as European countries adopt different border rules to deal with the record influx of migrants, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned.

Germany is to introduce some form of border controls with Austria, German and Austrian media report, as thousands more migrants arrive this weekend.

Tens of thousands of people have taken part in a "day of action" in several European cities - and in Australia - in support of refugees and migrants.

Footage emerges of migrants being thrown bags of food at a Hungarian camp near the border with Serbia, amid criticism over their treatment.

Hungary's army has begun exercises to prepare for a possible future role in guarding the southern border to try to stem the influx of migrants.

The Greek government and the UN refugee agency have brought in extra staff and ships to deal with some 25,000 stranded migrants on the island of Lesbos.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the "breathtaking" flow of migrants into Germany will "occupy and change" the country in the coming years.

Austria says it is planning to phase out special measures that have allowed thousands of migrants to travel freely from Hungary to Western Europe.

Hundreds of migrants break out of a Hungarian border camp and others set off on foot from Budapest as authorities scrambled to contain a migrant crisis that has brought Europe's asylum system to breaking point.

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