Two Migrants Drown Trying To Enter Slovenia

Umer Jamshaid Published April 10, 2018 | 10:27 PM

Slovenian authorities said Tuesday two migrants died in separate attempts to enter Slovenia by crossing the Kolpa river marking the EU's Schengen border with Croatia.

Ljubljana, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Apr, 2018 ) :Slovenian authorities said Tuesday two migrants died in separate attempts to enter Slovenia by crossing the Kolpa river marking the EU's Schengen border with Croatia.

The body of one migrant was recovered on Monday in the southeastern region of Bela Krajina, police said.

He and a 19-year-old from Morocco had tried to cross the Kolpa. The second case was reported on Tuesday morning when police found the body of an Algerian who had perished trying to cross the same fast-flowing river with three compatriots.

Slovenian police say the number of illegal crossings along the border with Croatia doubled in the first quarter to 600 compared to the same period in 2017.