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Serbia informed of Croatia and Slovenia limits

Serbia informed of Croatia and Slovenia limits

Serbia's interior minister says the country has been formally informed that Croatia and Slovenia will take no more than 500 migrants per day – far below the daily number of people seeking entry into the European Union.

Nebojsa Stefanovic said Friday that an official note from Croatia arrived the day before, and that Croatia had previously been informed of a change by Slovenia.

The change could well lead to further pressures in Greece and elsewhere along the main Balkan route that the migrants have been taking. Thousands are already stuck in Greece, which is seeing about 2,000 migrants arriving daily from Turkey.

Stefanovic says there are currently around 2,000 people in Serbia waiting to move on. An average of 10,000 people entered the EU each day at the peak of the influx last year. [AP]

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