European Union interior ministers on Thursday debated how to manage the impact of the war on the 27-nation bloc after a firebomb assault on a Berlin synagogue and killings in Belgium and France by suspected Islamic extremists.
Slovenia’s government cited heightened its level of security alert due to surging organized crime in the region and the escalation of tensions in the Middle East, the STA news agency reported.
Members of various terrorist and extremist groups are withdrawing from conflict zones “to avoid the consequences of their actions or even with the intention of jeopardizing our security and stability,” Slovenia’s government sakd, according to the STA report.
Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister of Hungary’s staunchly anti-immigration government, attributed Slovenia’s decision to EU immigration policies that he said are endangering both the physical security and economic prosperity of European countries.
“Europe’s economy is suffering as border controls within the Schengen area hinder and slow down trade and the cross-border operations of businesses,” Szijjártó wrote on Facebook.
Migrants arrive in Slovenia from both Croatia and Hungary after following the so-called Balkan land route from Turkey to Greece or Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia.
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