Migrant crisis: Slovenia eases border restrictions for thousands

Slovenia says it has allowed into the country most of the 5,000 people who were stranded in wet and muddy conditions on its border with Croatia on Monday.

It had previously vowed to take in only 2,500 migrants per day.

Croatia has also opened its border with Serbia, where thousands more migrants are trying to reach northern Europe.

Aid agencies have been warning of dire conditions as bottlenecks develop at border crossings in the Balkans.

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.

On Monday evening, Germany saw large rival rallies in Dresden to mark the first anniversary of the anti-immigrant group Pegida.

They come amid fears the group is becoming more radical in response to Germany's decision to take in hundreds of thousands of refugees this year.

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