EUROPE-MIGRANTS/SLOVENIA TRAIN UPDATE Slovenian police say will return migrants to Croatia

Record ID: 135518

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/SLOVENIA TRAIN UPDATE Slovenian police say will return migrants to Croatia
  • Date: 17th September 2015
  • Summary: DOBOVA, SLOVENIA (SEPTEMBER 17, 2015) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** REFUGEES YELLING (English) "Merkel, Merkel" ON TRAIN WITH SLOVENIAN POLICE STANDING NEAR BY VARIOUS REFUGEE CHILDREN AT THE TRAIN WINDOWS REFUGEES YELLING (English) "Freedom" WITH POLICE STANDING NEAR BY REFUGEES HANGING OUT OF WINDOWS AND THREATENING TO GET OFF TRAIN POLICE WITH DOGS NEXT TO TRAIN REFUGEESS GETTING OFF TRAIN AND POLICE PUTTING REFUGEES BACK ON TRAIN TRAIN DOOR LOCKED BY POLICE REFUGEE PUT BACK ON TRAIN VARIOUS OF POLICE DOGS BARKING REFUGEE HANGING YOUNG BABY OUT OF WINDOW POLICE AND REFUGEES WOMAN AT TRAIN WINDOW REFUGEES SHOUTING "Water, water, give us water, we only want water." RED CROSS WALKER ARRIVING WITH WATER REFUGEES DRINKING WATER ON TRAIN CHILDREN DRINKING MEDIA AND POLICE OUTSIDE STATION (SOUNDBITE) (Slovenian) HEAD OF LOCAL SLOVENIAN POLICE ANTON STUBLJAR SAYING: "We will return them to Croatia in the shortest time possible." REFUGEE, HANDCUFFED, BEING LED AWAY REFUGEES HANGING OUT OF TRAIN WINDOWS POLICE LEADING REFUGEE AWAY
  • Embargoed: 2nd October 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Slovenia
  • Country: Slovenia
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA7M2SE3OKM51ENWHZ4MXTQBK5U
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Slovenian police said on Thursday (September 17) they would return to Croatia some 150 refugees and migrants on a train from Croatia halted at the Dobova train station on the Slovenian side of the border.
    The people have been locked on the train for hours and their initial relief of being able to continue their onward journey to Germany has now dissolved into desperation and frustration.
    "Merkel, Merkel" the people cried as they hung out of the train windows.
    "Freedom, freedom" they chanted, calling for water.
    Several people tried to climb out of the train through the windows and were escorted back onboard and the train doors locked. Some tried again and the Slovenian police were seen handcuffing one man and leading him away, he was later released.
    "We will return them (the migrants) to Croatia in the shortest time possible," Anton Stubljar, from Novo Mesto police administration, told reporters.
    This is the largest group of refugees that has tried to enter Slovenia since the refugee crisis erupted in Europe, police statistics show.
    The Slovenian government said on Monday it would not allow illegal migrants to pass through Slovenia but it would enable them to ask for asylum.
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