The founder of a new libertarian micronation in the Balkans has invited thousands of desperate Syrian refugees into his brand new 'utopian' country- so long as they pay $10,000 for the privilege.

Czech politician Vit Jedlicka, 32, proclaimed himself president of the Free Republic of Liberland, a slither of disputed territory on the banks of the Danube river between Serbia and Croatia, in April.

The commodities trader says he has since received some 380,000 applications to become citizens of the three-square-mile patch of mosquito-ridden swampland - which he plans to turn into a tax haven 'like Monaco or Liechtenstein'.

The sovereign state is currently receiving one application a minute, he claims.

Of the thousands interested in joining a new nation, a staggering 20,000 come from Syria, he claimed in a telephone call to MailOnline yesterday. By comparison, less than 4,000 come from the UK.

Open arms: The founder and 'president' of the micronation of Liberland, Vit Jedlicka (left with 'founding mother' Jana Markovicova), has invited tens of thousands of Syrian refugees into his new country

Jedlicka (right, with Polish MEP Korwin Mikke, centre, and Kacper Zajac who wrote Liberland's constitution, left) has said refugees must pay $10,000 to enter his 'utopian'society

The next Monaco: Liberland is a micronation claiming a parcel of disputed land on the western bank of the Danube river, between Croatia and Serbia

Proud colours: Jedlicka plans to turn Liberland (its flag, pictured) into a tax haven 'like Monaco'

Home sweet home: This image from Liberland's Urban Design website could show what a house looks like in the new micronation

Planning for the future: A suggested urban design for the three-square-mile republic - posted on its Facebook page - includes a sewage plant, a church, a port and a sports ground

The founders of Liberland have said that anyone could become a citizen apart from religious extremists, members of the Nazi or Communist party, or those with a violent background and criminals.

'President' Jedlicka told MailOnline the refugees are all 'very welcome' as long- as they pay their way.

He said: 'It's a very sensitive issue for us as many refugees are crossing the border near Liberland.

'We have had 22,000 applications from Syria. If they want to help get Liberland started they are very welcome. But they have to share our ideology of freedom.'

Those have travelled to Europe without cash will not find a home in Liberland.

Jedlicka said: 'They cannot be bankrupt and they have to pay $10,000 or do some work like PR or diplomacy to the value of $10,000.'

Despite the huge volume of applications, Jedlicka said only 618 Syrians were formally eligible and had done the necessary paperwork.

And he was not optimistic that many refugees would end up joining his city state.

Scouting locations: Jedlicka (left) and Liberland's 'First Lady' Jana Markovicova visit New York, where he plans to set up a Liberland embassy at the UN

Building relations: Czech MEP Tomas Zdechovsky (left) flew with Jedlicka (right) on the private jet he has dubbed 'Air-Liberland' for the first ever diplomatic visit to Liberland

Grand building: There is only one building in Liberland - a former hunting lodge (pictured) abandoned in the 1980s which the Liberlanders hope will one day be their parliament

Banned from their own country: Jedlicka and other Liberlanders (pictured) have been prevented from visiting or staying on the territory by Croatian border police and patrol boats

'Probably the main reason they are coming to Europe is not to build a free society but to get German social benefits,' he said, emphasising that no refugees have yet arrived in Liberland.

European Union ministers are holding emergency talks today over Europe's worst migrant crisis since the Second World War.

Hungary has already voted to deploy soldiers to stop refugees entering the country and arrest anyone who tries to cross the border illegally.

The country's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who built a 110-mile-long barb wire fence to keep them out, told parliament: 'The migrants are not just banging on our door, they are breaking it down.'

Austria expects 1,000 new arrivals at the main border crossing with Hungary, after nearly 10,000 migrants and refugees trekked into the country yesterday.

Refugees have clashed with Croatian police after they were barred from entering a reception centre built register those seeking safety in Europe

Meanwhile, more than one hundred 'settlers' have already arrived in Liberland from other countries, and have planted their yellow and black flag earmarking the undeveloped land.

The pioneers are renting houses next to the uninhabited area, which is a little bigger than the Vatican, but some will move into two properties bought for their first inhabitants, Jedlicka said.

'Utopia': Liberland's Facebook page has mocked up the micronation's potential currency and Jedlicka insists it will have a 'completely voluntary tax system' where everything will be built through 'crowd funding'

Red tape: Despite the huge volume of applications from Syrian refugees, Jedlicka said only 618 Syrians were formally eligible and had done the necessary paperwork

In April, at a festival to celebrate their one-year anniversary, the aspiring state will begin issuing temporary passports to successful applicants who come to the new country in person.

There is only one building on the heavily forested patch of land - home to wild boar and deer - a former hunting lodge abandoned in the 1980s which the Liberlanders hope will one day be their parliament.

The British architect firm headed by Zaha Hadid is to judge an international competition to design the city.

Liberland's leadership hope to have built the first sky-scraper within five years by which time they will have more citizens than Croatia, Jedlicka claims. Under his ambitious plan the country would have one million citizens in five years with some 50,000 resident in the city.

If it comes into existence, Liberland whose motto is 'Live and Let Live', would be the world's third smallest country, after the Vatican and Monaco.

The attractions are voluntary taxation and minimal state interference.

Jedlicka said: 'Government should only be in charge of security, diplomacy and justice. We will be close to Singapore and Monaco but we want to go further - and have completely voluntary tax system, will will do everything by crowd funding.'

He claimed even funding for serious infrastructure projects such as sewage could be crowd-sourced.

Jedlicka said that the particular area was chosen because it is a rare 'unclaimed' territory in Europe.

Images on the country's Facebook page show the jet-setting president scouting locations for 'future Liberland embassies' in New York and Washington in the United States.

Cruising: Jedlicka (second from left) and his partner Markovicova (second from right) chose the area for Liberland because it was rare 'unclaimed' territory in Europe

First Lady: Jedlicka emerged victorious in Liberland's 'elections' thanks to votes from his fellow founding father and Liberland’s founding mother Jana Markovicova (pictured)

Welcome all: Jedlicka meets with '30 future citizens' of Liberland from the Czech Republic

From the ground up: The British architect firm headed by Zaha Hadid (right) will judge an international competition to design the city

They also show Jedlicka attending various conferences, including the Krynica Ecomoic Forum in Poland and FreedomFest in Las Vegas, to build relations with other countries.

He plans to visit Global Trade Development Week in Dubai at the end of October.

In August, he supervised the 'oldest orchestra in the Czech republic' recording of Liberland's national anthem in the town of Marianske Lazne.

In 2009, Jedlicka received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Economics in Prague and his Master's degree from the CEVRO Institute in 2014.

He was a member of the Civic Democratic Party since 2001, a member of the Free Citizens Party since 2009 and in 2013, he worked as a financial markets analyst.

His new country can be annexed using the 'homestead' legal principle whereby settlers can claim land that is not developed or used, its supporters claim.

But legal experts in both Serbia and Croatia say they have no legal right under international law to claim it.

The plans are not going completely smoothly. Jedlicka and other Liberlanders have been prevented from visiting or staying on the territory by Croatian border police and patrol boats.

Influx: Migrants wait at a holding area across from the Croatian border after walking the last few kilometers from Serbia to Croatia

Exodus: Migrants walk through the countryside after crossing the Hungarian-Croatian border, near the Hungarian village of Zakany, to continue their northward journey

Long journey: Thousands of migrants have arrived in Austria over the weekend with more en-route from Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia

Fourteen settlers managed to visit earlier this month but half were arrested for illegal border crossing, he said.

The pseudo state lacks international recognition – so far it has only been recognised except by another micronation - the Kingdom of North Sudan which was established last year in an 800-square-mile strip of desert between Sudan and Egypt.

The American regent said he created the country so his young daughter could be a princess.

Croatia has called the Liberland 'a virtual caricature' and Serbia said the attempt to set up a new country 'trivial.'

But the Liberland leaders claim they are in negotiation with ten countries about recognition and will open a London embassy in October.

The radical idea even appears to have inspired other separatists.

Just down the road, another microstate Enclava, previously in a disputed corner of south-eastern Slovenia was declared weeks after Liberland. But Jedlicka dismissed the rival group as 'not serious.'