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Slovakia to decide on migrants' extradition

Xinhua, August 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

Authorities in Slovakia will decide on extraditing the 19 migrants arrested on Sunday at the Jarovce-Kittsee border crossing with Austria, police said here Monday.

Slovak Police Corps president Tibor Gaspar said the migrants arrived in the country by lorry. "A people smuggler let 12 Pakistanis, six Afghans and one person of unknown origin out of the lorry. They were allegedly told that they were in Austria," he said.

The migrants, who include several minors, will be placed in facilities in Secovce and Medvedov in western Slovakia for the time being.

"As for the situation as a whole, it's stable. We've detained several groups, when along with the National Unit for Combating Illegal Migration we took action against people smugglers," said Gaspar. Enditem