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By Maja Zuvela and Krisztina Than SID, Serbia/ROSZKE, Hungary (Reuters) - Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas on Wednesday at migrants demanding to be let through Hungary's newly shut EU frontier, while refugees at other Balkan frontiers clambered through cornfields in search of new routes. Hungary's decision this week to shut the European Union's external border with Serbia was the most forceful attempt yet by a European country to reduce the flow of refugees and economic migrants overwhelming the bloc. The move has left thousands of migrants scattered across the Balkan peninsula seeking alternative ways to reach the EU, and Hungary's prime minister said his country planned to erect a fence along parts of its border with Croatia as well as on the frontier with Romania to stem the flow.More...