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The Latest: UNHCR seeks solution for Serbia-Hungary crossing

A woman walks by a border fence in the makeshift refugee camp near the Horgos border crossing into Hungary, near Horgos, Serbia, Friday, May 27, 2016. Nearly 400,000 refugees passed through Hungary last year on their way to richer EU destinations. The flow was slowed greatly by Hungary's construction of razor-wire fences on its borders with Serbia and Croatia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
A woman walks by a border fence in the makeshift refugee camp near the Horgos border crossing into Hungary, near Horgos, Serbia, Friday, May 27, 2016. Nearly 400,000 refugees passed through Hungary last year on their way to richer EU destinations. The flow was slowed greatly by Hungary's construction of razor-wire fences on its borders with Serbia and Croatia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

GENEVA (AP) – The Latest on Europe’s response to the migrant crisis (all times local):

3:15 p.m.

The U.N. refugee agency is urging Serbia and Hungary to find a solution for migrants camping in dire conditions at the border between the two countries, waiting to enter the European Union.

The UNHCR Representative in Serbia Hans Schodder visited the small tent city Friday that has formed on the Serbian side of the razor-wire fence Hungary put up last year to keep the migrants away.

Hungarian authorities have let through about 20 people a day, mostly families with small children. Schodder says about 300 migrants are camping at the border without toilettes and running water, relying on aid groups for food and drinks.