On 17 October 2017 IOM assisted in the arrival of 15 Eritrean nationals from Italy to Slovenia as part of the EU relocation programme. Since 2016, IOM has facilitated the safe arrival of 232 persons through the EU relocation scheme from Italy and Greece to Slovenia. Nationals of Eritrea (60), Syria (149), Iraq (17) and stateless persons (6) have been relocated during this time. 

To date, 31,242 individuals have been relocated within the EU relocation programme – 10,034 from Italy and 21,208 from Greece. For further statistics, please refer to the ‘relocation’ tab on IOM’s Migration Flows Europe page at http://migration.iom.int/europe/ .