VIDEO: Refugees rush to Austrian border in desperation to leave Slovenia

The Austrian authorities say around 4,500 refugees overran their border with Slovenia at Spielfeld on Tuesday afternoon.

It took the border guards completely by surprise. Until then they had been letting groups of one of two hundred people through at a time, but it seems that after days of being herded about in the rain and cold, the refugees patience snapped.

In total more than 5,500 asylum seekers crossed the border at Spielfeld this Tuesday.