Bills toughening conditions for asylum status, residence permit pass first reading
Ljubljana, 27 January - The National Assembly determined on Wednesday in a 51:13 vote that changes to the foreigners act tightening up conditions for residence for foreign nationals in Slovenia as well as amendments to the international protection act aiming to prevent asylum law abuses are fit for further debate. Both bills were met with mixed reactions.
Ljubljana
The government-sponsored changes to the international protection act passed, changes to the foreigners act sent into third reading, scheduled next week, as the government tightened asylum legislation.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
File photo
The rest of this news item is available to subscribers.
The news item consists of 3.136 characters (without spaces) or 615 words words.
Buy the news item. Price: 2 tokens; on account: 0 tokens.