Balkan route
Slovenia, Croatia ban transit of migrants as crisis spirals
Slovenia and neighbouring Croatia will refuse the transit of most migrants 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, officials say.
March 10, 2016
Merkel condemns migrant route closure
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has blamed European nations for "unilaterally" shutting the Balkan route for migrants.
March 9, 2016
Slovenia, Croatia ban transit of migrants as crisis spirals
Slovenia and neighbouring Croatia will refuse the transit of most migrants 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, officials say.