Mayors of border municipalities urge deployment of army on border

Ljubljana, 23 April - Mayors of 23 border municipalities have called on the National Assembly to back the activation of an emergency clause that grants soldiers limited police powers to patrol the border, citing a likely mass spread of Covid-19 among migrants as the main reason.

Kostel Razor wire on the Slovenia-Croatia border. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA File photo

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Razor wire on the Slovenia-Croatia border.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
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