Slovenia to turn back migrants on train from Croatia


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  • Friday, 18 Sep 2015

Members of the MigSzol Szeged organization organise clothes at a collection point in Rozke on September 17, 2015 near the Serbian Hungarian border in Roszke, REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

DOBOVA, Slovenia (Reuters) - Slovenian police halted a train from Croatia carrying some 150 migrants at Dobova train station on Slovenia's side of the border on Thursday and said they would be sent back to Croatia.

Slovenia later stopped all passenger train traffic on the main line from Croatia through the border point, and police stepped up checks near Dobova, using a helicopter as well foot patrols.

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