Slovenia says it can’t accept 5,000 migrants per day as asked by Croatia, which is likely to cause a further backlog in the flow of people hoping to reach Western Europe.
Interior Ministry official Bostjan Sefic said on Sunday that Slovenia can’t take more than neighbouring Austria, which said it can accept 1,500 per day.
Sefic says “if we would accept 5,000 migrants per day that would mean 35,000 would be in Slovenia in 10 days” — taking into account those who leave for Austria. Sefic says “that would be unacceptable.”
The migrant flow changed direction to Slovenia after Hungary closed its border with Croatia. Slovenia’s bid to limit the flow has slowed down the movement, leaving thousands of migrants stranded in Croatia and Serbia.
Croatian police have blocked hundreds of migrants trying to cross from Serbia.