The Government extended the border control with Croatia and Hungary

The Government has re -extended Border control with Croatia and Hungarywhich the state is obliged to inform the European institutions under the Schengen Code, the Minister of the Interior said after the government session Boštjan Poklukar.

The causes of extension are deterioration in the Middle East, the war in Ukraine, the complex situation in the Western Balkans and the high level of terrorism in EU countries. He is at the middle level in Slovenia for the time being, said the Minister of the Interior.

Supervision during the holidays, according to his assurances, will not affect the transit and passengers who will go on vacation and return. “We will work as in the past years. Experience indicates traffic flow, but we will pay attention to target groups, that is, foreigners who organize illegal crossings across the state border or smuggle goods. « 

Italy also decided to extend the border surveillance, emphasizing that the agreements with the ministers of the interior are being held and there are no major problems with the border in the border in controls and crossings. He added that the Slovenian police were doing well in the field of migration and that it has gripped a large number of smugglers, and recently cooperated with foreign police in the breaking up of one of the smuggling associations.

Illegal migration along the Western Balkan route, as Poklukar stated, have dropped significantly in the last year; Last year, there were about 15,000 illegal crossings, just over 5,000 this year.