Three migrants drowned in the Kupa river while trying to reach Slovenia
Three migrants drowned while trying to cross from Croatia to Slovenia via the Kupa river, local police announced today.
TL;DR
- Three migrants drowned while trying to cross the Kupa river from Croatia to Slovenia.
- Two Sudanese survivors informed police that their companions were overcome by the river's current.
- Slovenian police intercepted the two survivors near the village of Preoka.
- Croatian police recovered two bodies from the Kupa river near Duga Resa.
- Another body was recovered from the Mrežnica river by Croatian police.
- Croatia and Slovenia are key transit countries for migrants heading to the EU via the Balkan route.