Slovenia to enhance controls on border with Croatia

Ilirska Bistrica, 8 July - Prime Minister Marjan Šarec said on Monday that security on Slovenia's southern border would be beefed up, including with new equipment such as drones, after meeting with Ilirska Bistrica officials and civil society representatives to discuss the situation on the border with Croatia.

Ilirska Bistrica Prime Minister Marjan Šarec speaking to the press after touring sections of the border with Croatia where most illegal migrants enter the country. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ilirska Bistrica
Prime Minister Marjan Šarec speaking to the press after touring sections of the border with Croatia where most illegal migrants enter the country.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ilirska Bistrica Prime Minister Marjan Šarec speaking to the press after touring sections of the border with Croatia where most illegal migrants enter the country. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ilirska Bistrica
Prime Minister Marjan Šarec speaking to the press after touring sections of the border with Croatia where most illegal migrants enter the country.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ilirska Bistrica Drones used for surveillance of the border with Croatia. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ilirska Bistrica
Drones used for surveillance of the border with Croatia.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ilirska Bistrica A drone used for surveillance. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA File photo

Ilirska Bistrica
A drone used for surveillance.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
File photo

Ilirska Bistrica Prime Minister Marjan Šarec (second from left) and Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar (third from left) tour sections of the border with Croatia where most illegal migrants enter the country. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ilirska Bistrica
Prime Minister Marjan Šarec (second from left) and Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar (third from left) tour sections of the border with Croatia where most illegal migrants enter the country.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ilirska Bistrica A drone used for surveillance of the border with Croatia. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ilirska Bistrica
A drone used for surveillance of the border with Croatia.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ilirska Bistrica Prime Minister Marjan Šarec (second from left) and Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar (right) tour sections of the border with Croatia where most illegal migrants enter the country. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ilirska Bistrica
Prime Minister Marjan Šarec (second from left) and Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar (right) tour sections of the border with Croatia where most illegal migrants enter the country.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ilirska Bistrica Prime Minister Marjan Šarec (shaking hands with police officer) and Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar tour sections of the border with Croatia where most illegal migrants enter the country. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ilirska Bistrica
Prime Minister Marjan Šarec (shaking hands with police officer) and Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar tour sections of the border with Croatia where most illegal migrants enter the country.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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