Two Migrants Drown While Trying To Enter Slovenia

Slovenian authorities said on Tuesday that two migrants died in separate attempts to enter Slovenia by crossing the Kolpa river marking the European Union’s Schengen border with Croatia.

The body of one migrant was recovered on Monday in the southeastern region of Bela Krajina, police said. He and a 19-year-old from Morocco had tried to cross the Kolpa.

The second case was reported on Tuesday morning when police found the body of an Algerian who had perished trying to cross the same fast-flowing river with three compatriots.

Slovenian police say the number of illegal crossings along the border with Croatia doubled in the first quarter to 600 compared to the same period in 2017.

AFP