Slovenian police on Thursday stopped a train carrying migrants and refugees at the border with Croatia, saying some 150 passengers would be returned to Zagreb because they did not have the necessary documents for onward travel.
"During a regular border control of the train... it was established that 150 out of the 300 passengers did not meet the requirements for entering Slovenia," a Slovenian border police spokesman Anton Stubljar told journalists.
Their return to Zagreb would be organised as soon as possible, he added.
The migrants and refugees, who were not allowed out of their carriages at Dobova station, voiced their dissatisfaction from the train windows, some of them shouting at nearby police officers who were patrolling with dogs.
At one point, the migrants started to chant "UN, UN" and tapped against the windows with their hands, before the situation calmed down.
Slovenian state radio reported that an additional 16 police vehicles had been deployed near Dobova railway station.
Slovenian later suspended all train traffic between Slovenia and Croatia until Friday morning, Slovenian news agency STA reported.
Stubljar also said that in three separate cases on Thursday another 24 foreigners had attempted to enter Slovenia at the nearby border crossing of Obrezje but were also sent back.
Slovenia has been preparing for a possible influx of migrants seeking a route into Europe's borderless Schengen area after Hungary sealed its border on Tuesday.
Slovenian police on Thursday stopped a train carrying migrants and refugees at the border with Croatia, saying some 150 passengers would be returned to Zagreb because they did not have the necessary documents for onward travel.
“During a regular border control of the train… it was established that 150 out of the 300 passengers did not meet the requirements for entering Slovenia,” a Slovenian border police spokesman Anton Stubljar told journalists.
Their return to Zagreb would be organised as soon as possible, he added.
The migrants and refugees, who were not allowed out of their carriages at Dobova station, voiced their dissatisfaction from the train windows, some of them shouting at nearby police officers who were patrolling with dogs.
At one point, the migrants started to chant “UN, UN” and tapped against the windows with their hands, before the situation calmed down.
Slovenian state radio reported that an additional 16 police vehicles had been deployed near Dobova railway station.
Slovenian later suspended all train traffic between Slovenia and Croatia until Friday morning, Slovenian news agency STA reported.
Stubljar also said that in three separate cases on Thursday another 24 foreigners had attempted to enter Slovenia at the nearby border crossing of Obrezje but were also sent back.
Slovenia has been preparing for a possible influx of migrants seeking a route into Europe’s borderless Schengen area after Hungary sealed its border on Tuesday.
