Balkan nations slam migrant route shut

The main migrant trail from Greece to northern Europe was blocked Wednesday after western Balkan nations slammed shut their borders, hiking pressure for an EU-Turkey deal and exacerbating a dire situation on the Macedonian border. Slovenia and Croatia, two of the countries along the route used by hundreds of thousands of people in recent months, barred entry to transiting migrants from midnight. Prime Minister Miro Cerar said the move meant that "the (Balkan) route for illegal migrations no long