Breaking: Slovenia extends controls at Hungarian and Croatian borders

Slovenia is extending border controls on the Croatian and Hungarian borders for another six months, until December, Slovenian Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar announced on Wednesday.

Slovenia to extend border controls

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The minister said that he had informed his Croatian and Hungarian counterparts, as well as the European Commission, of the decision, RTV writes. The extension of border controls was announced by Ljubljana after Italy also extended them on the Italian-Slovenian border on Wednesday.

Hungary’s neighbour reintroduced temporary border controls on 21 October last year, justified by threats to public order and internal security in the EU, the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, and recent terrorist attacks in some EU countries. According to Poklukar, the situation has not improved since then but has got worse.

Boštjan Poklukar stressed that border checks will continue to be targeted, which means that not all passengers will be checked. He said that the measures would not cause any more problems during the tourist season than during the Christmas and New Year holidays.

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