STA, 28 August 2018 - Outgoing Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar has denied Slovenia is systematically sending migrants back to the countries from which they enter Slovenia in an interview with the newspaper Večer, and said they were not denied access to international protection. 

STA, 20 August 2018 - Ninety-five illegal migrants were apprehended in the areas policed by the Koper and Novo Mesto police departments along the border with Croatia at the weekend. 

Two incidents show crossing the River Kolpa is not the only option. 

About 1,000 immigrants each month are intercepted crossing the Croatian-Slovenian border by the Slovenian police. 

The memory of 2015 still runs deep. 

STA, 23 July 2018 - Tourism workers from Bela Krajina dismissed on Monday media reports about "an emergency state" in this south-eastern region which has been the main Balkan migration route entry point to Slovenia. They said that to their knowledge not a single incident had occurred so far and that visitor figures are on par with last year's and far above 2016. 

STA, 13 July 2018 - Police apprehend 33 illegal migrants in the south-east of the country on Thursday - 22 in the Črnomelj area, eight near Dolenjske Toplice and three in the Kočevje area. 

STA, 11 July 2018 - Slovenian and Croatian police busted a ring of alleged people smugglers from the two countries. The group had helped more than 45 people cross illegally from Croatia to Italy via Slovenia since February. Nine have been charged, six in Croatia and three in Slovenia. 

STA, 10 July 2018 - The Slovenian police has again rejected accusations that it has been engaging in legally dubious forced rejection of asylum seekers on the south-eastern border with Croatia. It argued on Tuesday that the returns to Croatia are a result of most foreigners abusing rules by announcing but not filing asylum applications. 

STA, 9 July 2018 - The latest data provided by the police and the government office for migrants show that the number of illegal border crossings and asylum applications in Slovenia dropped significantly in June following a spike in May.