Around 2,000 migrants enter Slovenia overnight

Ljubljana, 21 October - Around 1,000 migrants were brought from Croatia on a train to the border crossing Rigonce late on Tuesday and were accommodated in a reception centre in the nearby Dobova. Another 1,000 migrants meanwhile entered the country illegally near the village of Paradiž, where they were brought by around 20 buses.

Rigonce
Migrants waiting at the Rigonce border crossing.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Rigonce
Migrants waiting at the Rigonce border crossing.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Rigonce
Migrants waiting at the Rigonce border crossing.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Rigonce
Migrants waiting at the Rigonce border crossing.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Rigonce
Migrants waiting at the Rigonce border crossing.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Rigonce
Migrants waiting at the Rigonce border crossing.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Rigonce
Migrants waiting at the Rigonce border crossing.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Središče ob Dravi
Refugees at the border crossing Središče ob Dravi between Slovenia and Croatia.
Photo: STA

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