Ljubljana: Slovenia expects to receive the first 40 migrants of its EU quota in April, Bostjan Sefic, state secretary at the Interior Ministry, said on Thursday.
The Alpine state, the smallest on the Balkan migration route, committed itself last year to taking 587 refugees and said it would start receiving them once the route is closed.
Over the past five days no migrants have arrived in Slovenia, after Macedonia closed its border with Greece in line with an agreement reached at the EU summit on Monday.
"Once they receive (asylum) status, the migrants will be included into integration programmes," Sefic said, adding that up to 50 a month would be received until August 2017.
The Alpine state, the smallest on the Balkan migration route, committed itself last year to taking 587 refugees and said it would start receiving them once the route is closed.
Over the past five days no migrants have arrived in Slovenia, after Macedonia closed its border with Greece in line with an agreement reached at the EU summit on Monday.
"Once they receive (asylum) status, the migrants will be included into integration programmes," Sefic said, adding that up to 50 a month would be received until August 2017.
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