5 Migrants Drown While Crossing From Croatia to Slovenia
Police rescued five others and said 14 migrants crossed into Slovenia as officers and firefighters continued searching the river.
- Five migrants drowned while crossing The Kupa River on the Croatia-Slovenia border, Croatian police reported on Friday. The river serves as a natural border and frequently used crossing point on the Balkan route.
- The Balkan land route serves as a primary corridor for migrants from the Middle East, Asia, and Africa attempting to reach Western Europe. Migrants frequently cross from Bosnia and Herzegovina into Croatia before continuing toward wealthier European Union countries.
- Following reports near Damalj at 1330 GMT, a Croatian police officer jumped into The Kupa River and rescued five people with help from local residents and another officer. Fourteen other migrants managed to cross and reached Slovenia.
- Police and firefighters continued searching the area while authorities launched a criminal investigation into the incident. The nationalities of the five victims remained unknown as of Friday.
- Monthslong journeys fleeing war and poverty often lead migrants through Bosnia and Herzegovina into Croatia, seeking entry into wealthier European Union countries. This drowning underscores persistent perils of clandestine crossings along the Balkan route.
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Five migrants have tragically died on the border between Croatia and Slovenia. It is understood that they drowned while trying to cross a river. Meanwhile, five others were rescued. “The group consisted of almost twenty people, 14 of whom managed to cross the river and are on Slovenian territory,” explained Croatian police. Croatia is part of a route followed by irregular migrants trying to reach Western Europe via the Balkans. More than 12,500 …
Croatian police said five people drowned on Friday while trying to cross a river on the Croatian-Slovenian border.
Five migrants drowned in the Kolpa River on the Croatian-Slovenian border on Friday. A group of approximately 20 foreign nationals were trying to cross the river near the settlement of Damalj pri Severinu on the Kolpa River. The Vrbovsko police station received a report from the local police at 3:30 p.m. that several people were in the river in the border area, who were believed to be […] The post Croatian police pull bodies of five migrants fro…
A terrible tragedy can happen in the future, just a little while ago on the rijeci Kupi, not far from the city of Damalj, on the way to Grada Vrbovsko. Naime, on nepristupačnom dijelu obale, nefar from severinskih litica, clustera izbjeglica pokušala them […] Objava FOTO Objavljene slike jučerašnje akcije spašavanja nesretnih migranata. Petero ih izgubilo život u Kupi pojavila se prvi puta na Novi list.
A group of people, allegedly migrants, were spotted in the Kupa River, on the Croatian-Slovenian border, five of whom failed to cross the river and drowned. The post Five migrants drowned in the Kupa River on the Croatian-Slovenian border appeared first on in.gr.
Five migrants drowned in the Kolpa River in Croatia. The bodies were found during a rescue operation in which five more people were rescued. A larger group of migrants attempted to cross the river, 15 of whom illegally entered Slovenian territory, the Novo Mesto Police Department confirmed to us.
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