It is unbelievable that only 646 migrants were granted asylum and 636 afforded subsidiary protection in Slovakia since 1993. That is only 1,282 people out of 58,019 applicants, the equivalent of two full boats. While in one May weekend in 2015, the Italian Coast Guard saved more people than all asylums and subsidiary protections ever granted by Slovakia in 22 years.
Photo: The transparent "Refugees welcome" was hung from the historical building of the Comenius University in Bratislava on 10 June 2015 by local activists.