Slovenia relocates another group of Eritrean refugees

Source: Xinhua   2017-03-14 04:22:48

LJUBLJANA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia has received a group of 12 Eritrean refugees who came from Italy last Friday under the EU-wide relocation scheme, according to an announcement by its Interior Ministry on Monday.

These Eritreans from Italy, the announcement said, have already submitted applications for international protection and they have been accommodated at the asylum centre in the Ljubljana Vic borough as soon as they arrived.

The latest group brings the number of asylum seekers already relocated to Slovenia up to now to 136. The country has committed to take a total of 567 asylum seekers.

Slovenia has so far accepted 35 Eritrean nationals from Italy as well as 84 Syrian refugees and 17 Iraqis from Greece. Another group from Greece is due at the end of this month, said the Slovenian Interior Ministry.

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Slovenia relocates another group of Eritrean refugees

Source: Xinhua 2017-03-14 04:22:48

LJUBLJANA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia has received a group of 12 Eritrean refugees who came from Italy last Friday under the EU-wide relocation scheme, according to an announcement by its Interior Ministry on Monday.

These Eritreans from Italy, the announcement said, have already submitted applications for international protection and they have been accommodated at the asylum centre in the Ljubljana Vic borough as soon as they arrived.

The latest group brings the number of asylum seekers already relocated to Slovenia up to now to 136. The country has committed to take a total of 567 asylum seekers.

Slovenia has so far accepted 35 Eritrean nationals from Italy as well as 84 Syrian refugees and 17 Iraqis from Greece. Another group from Greece is due at the end of this month, said the Slovenian Interior Ministry.

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