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The number of migrants who have arrived in Greece this year has topped half a million, the United Nations said.<\/p>\n
The rate of people arriving has risen to 8,000 a day, the UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees said, with many hoping to beat winter weather.<\/p>\n
Most migrants then head north from Greece, but bottlenecks are forming in some Balkan states.<\/p>\n
Slovenia is to deploy its army to its border after being overwhelmed by numbers entering from Croatia.<\/p>\n
The number of migrants reaching Europe has reached record levels in 2015:<\/p>\n
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The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said more than 650,000<\/strong>migrants arrived in Europe so far this year, compared with 280,000<\/strong> last year<\/li>\n
The UNHCR says the number of migrants arriving by sea this month is already more than five times higher than the total for October last year<\/li>\n
At least 3,135<\/strong> have died making the journey – compared with 3,279<\/strong> throughout 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Most travel from Turkey to Greece, and while summer months usually see the most arrivals, the number of people reaching Greece increased in October.<\/p>\n
Europe ‘must establish welcome centres’<\/strong><\/p>\n
UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said EU countries – who last month agreed to relocate 66,000 migrants from Italy and Greece – urgently needed to establish welcome centres as part of the deal.<\/p>\n
“Obviously Greece is doing what it can, it’s pulling in additional police,” she said.<\/p>\n
“But we need to repeat over and over again that it is of utmost importance here that reception conditions be established and be adequate to this enormous task.”<\/p>\n
The relocation plan “is in serious peril and may fail”, Ms Fleming said.<\/p>\n
The UNHCR says only 19 migrants have been relocated in the last months – all Eritreans, who have moved from Italy to Sweden.<\/p>\n
Hungary closed its southern border with Croatia on Friday night, citing security concerns. The decision forced migrants to switch to a slower route via Slovenia.<\/p>\n
Croatia and Slovenia imposed strict controls as a result, but those restrictions appeared to be relaxed on Monday night as many people waited in wet and windy conditions.<\/p>\n
But Slovenia said it had been overwhelmed by the numbers entering from Croatia over the last three days.<\/p>\n
Slovenia’s interior ministry says more than 19,500<\/strong> migrants have arrived in the country since Friday, with at least 5,092<\/strong> crossing the border on Tuesday alone.<\/p>\n
It had previously said it would take in only 2,500<\/strong> migrants a day.<\/p>\n
The country’s parliament is expected to approve changes later on Tuesday to enable the army to help police guard the border.<\/p>\n
Slovenia has called on European Union member states to help with the influx of migrants who have entered the country over the past few days.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/figure>\n
Prime Minister Miro Cerar said the current numbers were beyond anything the small country could cope with.<\/p>\n
“It is wrong to foster the illusion that it is possible for a small nation of two million people to stop, solve and rectify a situation where even much bigger EU member states have failed,” he said.<\/p>\n
The number of migrants who have arrived in Greece this year has topped half a million, the United Nations said. The rate of people arriving has risen to 8,000 a day, the UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees said, with many hoping to beat winter weather. Most migrants then head north from Greece, but bottlenecks are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":161044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[14],"yoast_head":"\n
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