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Migrant crisis: Slovenia sets limit of 2,500 people a day
Source: BBC
Migrant crisis: Slovenia sets limit of 2,500 people a day
18 October 2015 Europe
Slovenia will only allow 2,500 migrants to cross its borders daily - half the number neighbour Croatia has asked for.
Interior Ministry Secretary of State Bostjan Sefic said Slovenia could not accept Croatia's request to take 5,000, because Austria's daily limit is 1,500.
Most migrants - many from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq - are crossing Croatia and Slovenia to reach western Europe.
The limitation on numbers has led to a build-up of migrants and refugees on Croatia's border with Serbia.
Slovenia may be no more than a transit country for people who want to make their way to Germany, Sweden and Norway. But the authorities there have no desire to be overwhelmed - or worse still, lumbered with tens of thousands of refugees if countries further along the line close their borders.
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18 October 2015 Europe
Slovenia will only allow 2,500 migrants to cross its borders daily - half the number neighbour Croatia has asked for.
Interior Ministry Secretary of State Bostjan Sefic said Slovenia could not accept Croatia's request to take 5,000, because Austria's daily limit is 1,500.
Most migrants - many from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq - are crossing Croatia and Slovenia to reach western Europe.
The limitation on numbers has led to a build-up of migrants and refugees on Croatia's border with Serbia.
Slovenia may be no more than a transit country for people who want to make their way to Germany, Sweden and Norway. But the authorities there have no desire to be overwhelmed - or worse still, lumbered with tens of thousands of refugees if countries further along the line close their borders.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34567247
