[Barnett:] The tension has escalated on the Serbian- Hungarian border. Frustration boiled over between migrants and police Wednesday after Hungary put up a razor wire fence to stop the influx. Look at this.
[Kinkade:] Absolutely tense scenes there. Some migrants gave Hungarian authorities to open the gates or they would try to break through. You can see the group followed through on that. Police responding with tear gas.
[Barnett:] Now, some migrants who are waiting in Hungary at the border are now heading for Croatia along a new route. From Croatia, they head through Slovenia, then Austria, and then into Germany. That's the final destination for most migrants.
[Kinkade:] But they could face another threat, landmines. Aid groups warn thousands of mines are still buried from the Balkan wars. The Croatian government says the mine fields are clearly marked.
[Barnett:] Let's go ahead and take a look at some live pictures coming to us from the Serbian-Hungarian border this morning. It's just past 8:20 in the morning there. And as you see, people continue to be camped out. Not a lot of tensions we saw from the video earlier, but certainly there are still crowds there. Let's go ahead and bring in our senior international correspondent, Ben Wedeman. He is live there at the Serbian-Hungarian border. And, Ben, as we look at all this, if the wars back home weren't bad enough for the refugees, they're now dealing with being stranded. And some of them potentially faced with landmines. It's unbelievable. What are you seeing happening there this morning?
[Ben Wedeman, Cnn Senior International Correspondent:] Well, what we're seeing is many people are reassessing what their options are at this point. After these clashes yesterday in which well over a dozen refugees or migrants were actually arrested by the Hungarian police. Many people are wondering if indeed it's time to reconsider routes. In fact, I've got a little leaflet here that was being handed out by some officials here. It shows the route from Greece coming up to Hungary where it says simply "closed," with an alternate route going to the West through Croatia, through Slovenia, towards Austria. Now, a lot of the people here I've spoken with are unsure really if there's any point in going that way because it's widely believed that even though Croatia has indicated a willingness to welcome refugees and migrants Slovenia, which of course is on the road to Austria, but many of these people want to go to Germany, Sweden. If Slovenia could let them through they could find themselves on the Croatian-Slovenian border with the same situation they have here. As far as what's going on today, we've seen a much smaller crowd at the fence that separates Serbia from Hungary. The fence that was knocked down yesterday rather the gate that was knocked down yesterday seems to have been put back in place. Concertina wire strung across the road. There are now Bulgarian-Serbian police here as well. So it doesn't appear at the moment that there's going to be a repeat of yesterday's clashes. And as I said, I think a lot of people at this point are reconsidering the possibility of going through Croatia rather than hoping, waiting for the Hungary border to reopen Errol?
[Barnett:] It's quite fascinating to watch unfold. The Hungarian government has dug their feet in. They face criticism. But officials tell us, when I spoke to a government spokesman this week, in fact, that it is more important in their view to enforce the rule of law, to bring things in order rather than just to let everyone through on humanitarian grounds. I would imagine for the migrants and some refugees there that would be infuriating. But perhaps they're too exhausted to express that. What is the sentiment toward the Hungarian government specifically?
[Wedeman:] Well, I think one shouldn't assume they're too exhausted to express their frustration because we saw them do that yesterday. And in fact, keep in mind that many of these people come from Syria where for several years there's been a brutal war going on. These are tough people and not easily silenced at this point but they are frustrated. They're frustrated by the fact that many of them have come because they saw that Germany was welcoming refugees, that perhaps they saw that this was an opportunity to get out of the hopelessness of life in Syria during this brutal war or an endless life in a refugee camp in Turkey or in Jordan. So this was their opportunity. And many of them thought finally they would reach safe ground where they could live a life in dignity and of course now they find themselves within the confines of Europe almost there. But this gate behind me is what is stopping them. And definitely there's a lot of anger but not desperation because these are people who are tough. Some of them have come from as far away as Afghanistan. And they're not about nobody everybody will tell you that going home is not an option, turning around and sort of giving up and returning to their homes is something they simply can't do because, in many cases, those homes, in fact, their entire towns and cities barely exist anymore Errol?
[Barnett:] It is remarkable when you consider the horrors that so many of them have run from with only the possessions in their hands and their children with them. Calm scenes at the border now. We hope it remains that way. Ben Wedeman, live for us at the Serbian-Hungarian border, thanks.
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