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Croatian PM rules out stranding of refugees

Xinhua, October 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of refugees congesting in Croatia, saying everything was under control.

He said there won't be any crowding of refugees, things have been organised and people were living normally.

On Tuesday, a train with 11 carriages taking around 2,000 refugees arrived from Tovarnik, eastern Croatia, to the Croatian-Slovenian border in Kljuc Brdovecki. Then the refugees went through a bridge on foot into Slovenia, Croatian media reported.

It was the third train with refugees arrived the border with Slovenia since Monday after Hungary closed its border with Croatia on Friday night, reports said.

A total of 205,481 refugees entered Croatia from Sept. 16, of 2,600 currently are in the reception centre in Opatovac, eastern Croatia, near the border with Serbia, according to the Interior Ministry. Endit