Jozsef Barta News Today

Residents of Chlaba say large groups of illegal migrants have been traipsing through their tiny border village in southern Slovakia every day in the past few weeks after fording a local river or crossing a railway bridge from neighbouring Hungary. The migrants mostly arrive by night and do not intend to stay long as their final destination is usually Germany, but the uptick has stirred anxiety and calls for tighter border controls in Slovakia as it prepares for an election on Sept. 30. "T...

Residents of Chlaba, a village in southern Slovakia, have reported an increase in illegal migrants passing through their area on their way to Germany.