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Slovenia at the limit of capacity to welcome refugees
Migrants: tensions in reception and detention centres
21 October, 16:58
(ANSA) - TRIESTE - Slovenia is reaching the limit of its capacity to welcome refugees, according to State secretary in the Ministry of the Interior Bostjan Sefic, who expressed - during a press conference - strong concern over the evolution of the wave of migrants pushing into the country.
Sefic also underlined that Ljubljana will identify a new transit point for refugees along the border between Slovenia and Austria.
Meanwhile, tensions run high among the refugees in reception and detention centres. Most of the 2,700 refugees who had been transported to Sentilj centre, near the Austrian border, broke through the police cordon and made their way to Austria. This morning, twenty tents were set on fire in the Brezice centre.(ANSA).
