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Slovenia deports eight illegal migrants

Xinhua, August 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

Slovenian police have deported eight illegal migrants attempting to cross the Croatian-Slovenian border on Tuesday, police authorities announced on Wednesday.

The illegal migrants, including four from Algeria, two from Morocco and two from Libya, were onboard a freight train at the border crossing of Dobova, when they were detected. Police have handed over the migrants to the Croatian authorities, according to regional police administration in Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia.

The latest police data show the number of illegal border crossings registered by the Slovenian police has been on the rise.

The Slovenian police have dealt with 244 illegal migrants in the first five months of the year, up 60.5 percent from the same period in 2015, when the number stood at 152. Endite