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Germany and partners consider 'transit zones' for refugees

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her coalition partners have agreed some areas on how to deal with the refugee crisis but need more talks on other points following a meeting, a government spokesman said.

An extra 100,000 migrants and refugees will be taken to welcome centres to ease the crisis, after a deal agreed by European and Balkan state leaders during an emergency summit.

According to the UNHCR, more than 643,000 refugees and migrants from the Middle East, Africa and Asia have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe this year, with at least 3,135 known to have died en route.

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More than 1,000 refugees stranded at Croatia border

Both Croatia and Slovenia have stopped refugees and migrants from entering their country leaving a thousand stranded. Credit: APTV

More than a thousand refugees remained stranded in the border area between Croatia and Slovenia on Monday as neither state allowed them into their country.

Croatian police set up barriers at the border to prevent migrants and refugees from re-entering their country, while Slovenia closed its border on Sunday, refusing to take any more people into the country.

Angered by the lack of response from either side, the crowds chanted "help us" and "we are dying" as they sheltered from heavy rainfall in a small roofed area at the border crossing.

Hundreds of migrants and refugees, including women and small children, have been left waiting in the mud and rain on the border between the two countries, some for more than 12 hours.

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