STA, 29 July 2020 - Two young Belarusians pulled over by the police near Semič close to the border with Croatia on Tuesday evening were found to be carrying a total of ten Moroccans in two vehicles with Polish license plates in what is but the latest in a series of similar incidents reported by the police.
A press release from the Novo Mesto Police Department said the Moroccans had entered Slovenia illegally. The two Belarusians, both aged 21, will be brought before an investigating judge, while proceedings involving the migrants are still ongoing. Slovenian police handled 4,993 attempts at crossing the border illegally from January to the end of June, a decrease of 12.4% compared with the same period last year, a fall blamed on the pandemic loockdown and border restrictions.
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