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Video Video: Thousands entered Croatia over the last week as Hungary closed its borders with Serbia, closing the northern route for migrants, according to Globe and Mail. AP Video Video Video: Refugees face cold, rain in Croatia A day earlier, the federal government – which has been criticized for its response to the refugee crisis abroad – unveiled new measures to speed up the resettlement process. For Joanna Slaterrefugee crisis The debris of the desperate: Finding life jackets and passports off the coast of Turkey Video Video: What happened to this family Finding life jackets and passports at sea Migrants waiting for buses in Tovarnik near the Serbia-Croatia border woke up on Sunday to cold weather and rain. But the refugees who spoke at Monday event, and the advocates who joined them, said Ottawa can do more, particularly when it comes to bringing families back together. Their mother has not been approved to come, and remains in Turkey. Huda Mohammed Ahmed Ahmed, a 14-year-old who was born in Iraq but whose family fled to Turkey because of the war, came to Canada with her older brother last year as a government-assisted refugee. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.