On 23 January and 14 February 2018 IOM assisted in the arrival of 21 asylum seekers, 18 Eritrean nationals and 3 Syrian nationals, from Italy to Slovenia as part of the EU relocation scheme. Both groups were assisted during travel by an IOM cultural mediator and greeted by a representative of IOM Slovenia upon their arrival to the asylum centre in Ljubljana. 

Since 2016, IOM has facilitated the safe arrival of 253 persons through the EU relocation scheme from Italy and Greece to Slovenia. Nationals of Eritrea (77), Syria (152), Iraq (17), Yemen (1) and stateless persons (6) have been relocated during this time.

See latest figures from other EU Members States here.