Refugees entering Slovenia scoring nearly 10,000 Sunday

  27 October 2015    Read: 626
Refugees entering Slovenia scoring nearly 10,000 Sunday
Slovenian police officially counted that almost 10,000 refugees entered the Slovenian territory on Sunday, fewer than the 15,000 police feared would arrive but still the second highest daily number since the latest refugee wave began arriving on Oct. 17.
Two more groups numbering 1,530 and 1,250, respectively, entered the country at Rigonce of the eastern checkpoint bordering Croatia early Monday morning, bringing the total number of arrivals so far to almost 75,000, the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) reported, citing state police statistics.

The figures came after the Slovenian Interior Ministry warned on Sunday that the influx was unsustainable, with resources stretched to the limit and law enforcement and aid workers exhausted.

At a special European Union-Balkan migrations summit on Sunday, Slovenia received the pledge of reinforcements including 400 police officers in a week, as well as bilateral aid in the form of equipment.

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