Slovenia
erects fence on Croatian border
Slovenia
has struggled to cope with increased migrant flows since Hungary
closed its border.
By IVO OLIVEIRA
11/11/15, 3:14 PM CET Updated 11/11/15, 7:45 PM CET
Slovenia began
building a barbed-wire fence along its border with Croatia on
Wednesday, a day after the prime minister announced his intention to
erect temporary barriers to control the arrival of migrants.
News agencies
reported that Slovenian military personnel had been deployed near the
northeastern town of Gibina, on the border with Croatia, and had
begun to erect barriers using rolls of barbed wire.
Slovenia has
struggled to cope with the flow of migrants trying to get through its
territory into Austria and Germany since Hungary closed its border
with Croatia in mid-October, which prompted migrants to try to travel
via Slovenia instead.
On Tuesday, about
7,400 refugees entered Slovenia, the STA news agency reported. Since
mid-October, an estimated 180,000 migrants have passed through the
Balkans, from Turkey via Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia via
Slovenia and into Western Europe.
Prime Minister Miro
Cerar’s response was to announce on Tuesday the construction of
“temporary technical obstacles” to control the influx of
refugees, arguing that his government expected another 30,000 people
to arrive in the coming days. The new measure had the objective of
avoiding a “humanitarian disaster,” he told AFP.
“These obstacles,
including fences if needed, will have the objective of directing
migrants towards the border crossings. We are not closing our
borders,” he added.
Austria also
announced at the end of October the construction of a fence to ensure
an “orderly, controlled entry.”
Authors:
Ivo Oliveira
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