Slovenia's law enforcement authorities reported on Friday that as many as 1,740 crossings of illegal migrants had been registered in July alone, which is record high monthly number since the migrations tide in 2015-2016.

“July saw the highest number of illegal crossings of the state border in a month since the 2016 migration wave – more than 1,700. During the first seven months of this year the upward trend in such crossings was steeper than last year, according to police,” the Slovenian news agency STA says on its web site.

A majority of those irregular migrants have come from Pakistan, Algeria and Afghanistan.

In the first seven months, the police registered 7,415 arrivals of irregular migrants, and they conducted readmission for 4908 migrants to neighbouring countries. Also, 416 illegal migrants were readmitted to Slovenia.

Currently, 346 people seeking asylum in this Alpine country, and 680 persons have been granted international protection.