Germany's foreign minister says it may be necessary to force Eastern European countries to accept quotas for migrants.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier says in a newspaper interview published Friday that Germany, Austria, Sweden and Italy can't bear all the burden of migrants coming to Europe.

But some countries, mostly in Eastern Europe, have opposed consensus on the distribution of migrants according to pre-determined quotas.

Steinmeier told the Passauer Neue Presse daily that "if there is no other way we need to seriously consider using the instrument of a majority decision."

German officials say trains carrying migrants may be diverted past Munich in the coming days to prevent a clash with the city's annual beer festival.

Some 6 million visitors are expected to come to Munich for the Oktoberfest, which starts Saturday and runs through Oct. 4.

A spokesman for Munich police says special trains bringing migrants from the border may also be taken to a separate train station, or police could escort migrants arriving at the city's main station past the crowds of tourists.

Hungary's government spokesman says Croatia's decision to redirect migrants entering the country toward Hungary and Slovenia is "totally unacceptable."
Zoltan Kovacs told The Associated Press on Friday that although Croatia knew exactly what it would be confronted with, its "supply system collapsed in a single day. Hungary has been holding its own for the ninth consecutive month."
Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said earlier that Croatia's capacities were full and the authorities could no longer register migrants in accordance with EU rules.
Kovacs said it was "totally unacceptable for a European country to not respect European rules just because it was unprepared," predicting that Croatia would be "set back by many years" in its efforts to join the EU's Schengen zone of passport-free travel.

Tensions flared and scuffles broke out as migrants waited at a bus and train station in Croatia's Beli Manastir town on Friday. The town is two kilometres from the Hungarian border.
A few young men shoved and pushed each other as the crowd of people packed near the entrance of the building. Police were seen attempting to calm the situation shortly after the fighting began.

A train packed with over 1,000 migrants arrived in the Hungarian village of Magyarboly on Friday as Croatia offloaded migrants to its northern neighbour, a Reuters photographer reported from the local railway station.
Earlier on Friday, Croatia had sent hundreds of migrants by bus to its border with Hungary.
A Hungarian police spokesman said migrants were being taken by bus from the border to two Hungarian registration points in Szentgotthard and Vamosszabadi — both close to the Austrian border.

Tensions are running high at Croatia's border with Serbia as intense heat and lengthy queues for buses are leaving thousands of migrants feeling frustrated.

Croatia has been taken by surprise by the arrival of 13,000 people in 48 hours, diverted from neighbouring Hungary after it shut its southern border with a 3.5 metre high razor wire fence.

There are nowhere near enough buses and trains to accommodate the new arrivals, many of whom have had to stand for many hours with little shade and temperatures topping over 35 degrees Celsius

BUT... Croatian police said on Friday
none of its officers escorting a train with migrants across the
border with Hungary had been disarmed or arrested.
"There was no disarming or arrests. It is not true. There
was an agreement about the escort between the police officers
from the two sides in advance," police spokeswoman Jelena Bikic
told Reuters.
Police said that 36 policemen returned to Croatia in the
evening.

Hundreds of migrants arrive on buses at the Hungarian-Croatian border, crossing under the watchful eye of the Hungarian police into the Schengen zone.