Thousands of migrants stranded at the borders in the Balkans

 Thousands of migrants have been stranded at borders in the Balkans, in cold and wet conditions, as their path to western Europe is blocked.

Several hundred, including young children and babies, spent the night in the open at Croatia's border with Slovenia.
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) also complained of a lack of basic supplies at the Serbia-Croatia border.
The western Balkan route has been disrupted by government restrictions.
Hundreds of thousands of migrants, many from Syria, Africa and Afghanistan, have been making their way from Turkey to the Balkans in recent months, in a bid to reach Germany, Sweden and other EU states.

Source: BBC News