In a letter sent Monday, Juncker backed Slovenia's proposal for EU support to reinforce the FYROM border with Greece to stem the northward flow of migrants. Under this plan, most migrants who got to Greece would stay in place, taking pressure off transfer countries but eventually also from Austria and Germany.

With bulldozers and tractors FYROM is raising a fence on the border with Greece.

Croatia is planning to insist that Greece must halt migrants traveling from the Middle East region to Europe, as declared by the nation's Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic today.