The Latest: UN agency says all going well at Slovenia border

Hungarian soldiers stand by a fence put on the border with Croatia near the village of Zakany, Hungary, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. Hungary shut down its border with Croatia to the free flow of migrants on Saturday, a move experts say could leave thousands of people on their way to western Europe stranded in the small Balkan nation. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Hungarian soldiers stand by a fence put on the border with Croatia near the village of Zakany, Hungary, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. Hungary shut down its border with Croatia to the free flow of migrants on Saturday, a move experts say could leave thousands of people on their way to western Europe stranded in the small Balkan nation. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

By Associated Press October 17, 2015 5 min read

PETISOVCI, Slovenia (AP) – The latest news as migrants fleeing war or seeking a better life make their way across Europe by the tens of thousands. All times local.

12:15 p.m.

The United Nations refugee agency believes Slovenia has the capacity to accept some 7,000 migrants coming to the country on their way toward Western Europe.

UNHCR spokeswoman Caroline Van Buren said at Slovenia’s border with Croatia Saturday that “all is going well” as the first groups of migrants started arriving to the small Alpine nation.

The flow has turned to Slovenia after Hungary sealed its border with Croatia for migrants shortly after midnight Friday. Most of the people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia want to reach rich EU nations such as Germany.