"Italy, Slovenia and Croatia are
working together to abolish internal border controls within the
Schengen area before the summer break", Tanja Fajon, Slovenian
deputy pm and foreign minister said at a press conference in
Trieste after the joint Fvg-Slovenia committee.
"The goal is to start joint police patrols. If the project
works well, they could be an alternative to border control. Our
Home office ministers spoke about it yesterday", Fajon
explained. "This is an important type of international
cooperation between Countries on the Western Balkans route,
along which there are serious securities issues with irregular
migration and criminal network trade", the Slovenian Foreign
minister remarked. Border control between Slovenia and Italy
restarted at the end of October 2023.
"I hope that Slovenia and Friuli Venezia Giulia can revert to
Schengen soon, because people to people contact, mobility and
the movement of people with no border control are very tangible
things and they are close to people's heart", Fajon concluded.
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