Illegal migration up by 75% by summer

Ljubljana, 18 July - Slovenian police handled 6,006 cases of migrants crossing into the country illegally in the first half of the year, an increase of 75% from the same period a year ago. Almost a quarter of the migrants intercepted were from Afghanistan.

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Police on the border.
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