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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 05:35 AM Mar 2016

Slovenia and Croatia ban transit of refugees to other European countries

Source: Agence France-Presse

Slovenia and neighbouring Croatia will from Wednesday refuse allow the transit of most refugees through their territory in a bid to seal off the Balkan route used by hundreds of thousands of people seeking a new life in Europe.

The move could set off a domino effect among Balkan states, with Serbia indicating it would follow Ljubljana’s lead and Macedonia apparently set to do the same.

The attempt to shut down the main route used by refugees fleeing war and persecution outside Europe’s borders comes barely a day after the EU and Turkey agreed on a proposal aimed at easing the crisis.

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Slovenia’s interior ministry said late on Tuesday that from midnight (2300 GMT), access would only be granted to “foreigners meeting the requirements to enter the country”, those wishing to claim asylum, and refugees selected “on a case by case basis on humanitarian grounds and in accordance with the rules of the Schengen zone”.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/09/slovenia-and-croatia-ban-the-transit-of-refugees



Agence France-Presse
Wednesday 9 March 2016 04.18 GMT
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Slovenia and Croatia ban transit of refugees to other European countries (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2016 OP
Domino effect indeed ... Nihil Mar 2016 #1
Listening to discussions on BBC 4 radio TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2016 #2
K&R n/t w0nderer Mar 2016 #3
 

Nihil

(13,508 posts)
1. Domino effect indeed ...
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:35 AM
Mar 2016

> The move could set off a domino effect among Balkan states

Just in:


Migrant crisis: Macedonia shuts Balkans route
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35763101

TexasMommaWithAHat

(3,212 posts)
2. Listening to discussions on BBC 4 radio
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:18 AM
Mar 2016

It seems that members of the EU are in talks to stop the refugees and economic migrants and, instead, are making plans to start taking many refugees more out of the camps. Economic migrants will be stopped as well as war refugees who are risking their lives making these perilous journeys. People who try to push their way into Europe will be sent back to the camps and put at the end of the que.

This seems the most humane approach and will likely appeal to more Europeans as more families and fewer single young men will make their way into Europe.

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