Italian family hosts migrants, inspires EU project Embracin
The experience of an Italian family that took six migrants into their home has inspired the EU-funded project Embracin. Their reception model will be replicated in six EU countries.
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Eritrean asylum seekers hold protest in Slovenia over asylum process, rejected applications
A group of Eritrean asylum seekers have held a protest in Slovenia against asylum request procedures, which the community sees as unfair. They also demonstrated against the rejection of five asylum claims filed by Eritreans.
Italy: Proposed trail cameras spark criticism
A proposal to use trail cameras to detect migrants along Italy's border with Slovenia has created controversy.
Slovenia drafts law against 'village guards' at borders
The Slovenian government has presented a draft law to limit the activities of self-styled "village guards" created to control the border, many of whom do so as part of an anti-migrant trend.
Slovenia: Daily police patrols to intercept migrants at the Italian border (3/3)
Since July, Italian and Slovenian authorities have been patrolling the joint alpine border in an effort to stop migrants from crossing. InfoMigrants met with Slovenian police in the city of Koper, not far from the Italian city of Trieste, where dozens of migrants are arrested every week.
Vič, the asylum seeker center in Slovenia where (almost) no one is left (2/3)
A small country of just two million inhabitants, Slovenia has only one center for asylum seekers. The center in Ljubljana can accommodate up to 200 people, but it is rarely full. Most migrants stay only a few days to rest before vanishing 'into thin air'.
In Slovenia, a 'shameful' fence at the Croatian border (1/3)
Since 2015, the Slovenian government has been erecting a barbed wire fence along its southern border in an attempt to stem the flow of migrants from neighboring Croatia. Residents of nearby Slovenian villages are not happy about the barrier, which they say damages the landscape and does not prevent migrants from crossing.
Croatian police fire on irregular migrants near Slovenian border
Croatian police on Friday fired on a group of migrants trying to irregularly reach neighboring Slovenia, local officials said. One man was critically injured. Thousands of migrants trying to reach western Europe are stuck in the Balkans.
Slovenian paramilitaries patrol border to keep out migrants
In EU member state Slovenia, paramilitaries say they are facing down a migrant 'threat' on the border with Croatia. Their patrols includes trying to catch migrants climbing over the border fence and signalling their presence to the police. The founder and group commander this year served time in jail for forming the vigilante group and urging the overthrow of state institutions.
Sign warns of torture on the border between Bosnia and Croatia
A Croatian migrant rights group has placed a sign saying ''Welcome to Croatia - Country of torture'' at the border between Croatia and Bosnia to protest against reported cases of violence against migrants at the hands of the authorities. The protest is also directed against Croatia joining the Schengen zone.
Migrant trafficking network in Balkans and Italy dismantled
Authorities in Slovenia, Italy, Bosnia and Croatia have dismantled an organization that allegedly smuggled migrants from the Balkans to EU countries like Italy.
Controversial migrant legislation scrapped in Slovenia
The Slovenian Constitutional Court has scrapped an article of an immigration law that allowed the country to limit foreigners' access after a vote in parliament in the event of a migrant crisis.