Slovenia Opposition Demands Tighter Border Controls With Croatia

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Slovenia Opposition Demands Tighter Border Controls With Croatia
A conservative opposition party in Slovenia is demanding tougher controls on the Croatian border to stop migrants – amid fears that migrants will get trapped in Slovenia if Italy acts on threats to erect a Hungarian-style border fence.
Anja Vladisavljevic
July 5, 2019

The opposition conservative New Slovenia party, NSi, on Thursday, demanded a session of the foreign policy and interior policy committees in parliament to discuss the new joint Italian-Slovenian border patrols on the borders of the two countries.

While Italian and Slovenian police on Monday started joint patrols within 10 km of their borders to stem the flow of migrants, the NSi has urged the Slovenian government to also “take all necessary measures for the effective protection of the southern border with the Republic of Croatia, so that there are no illegal border crossings”.

The director of Slovenian police, Marian Stubljar, said on Monday that since the start of the year, police patrolling the border with Croatia had registered 5,306 illegal crossings, compared to 3,612 in 2018.

In the meantime, thousands more migrants are waiting along the so-called Balkan route, mostly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to reach Western Europe via Croatia as well as Slovenia. ...

Full story at Balkan Insight

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That story was from Friday. Today, Balkan Insight tweets:

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Slovenian PM Marjan Sarec has announced today stronger border control with Croatia, due to increased flows of migrants and refugees passing through both countries on their way to Western Europe.

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"Slovenian PM Marjan Sarec has announced today stronger border control with Croatia, due to increased flows of migrants and refugees passing through both countries on their way to Western Europe."

Talk to the Hungarians.
They know what to do.