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Slovenia gets German police officer help for refugees

Xinhua, October 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

Slovenian police on Wednesday got five German police officers helping to deal with the refugee crisis, ahead of a separate arrival of 400 officers from the EU, agreed on Sunday in Brussels.

The German police reinforcement, which is on the basis of a bilateral agreement, will help preserve public peace and order, direct major groups of refugees crossing the borders, and assist in other operative tasks, according to the Slovenian Press Agency (STA).

They were welcomed at the Obrezje border crossing with Croatia by Slovenian Police Commissioner Marjan Fank and German Ambassador Anna Elisabeth Prinz, said the STA report quoting the Slovenian General Police Administration.

An Austrian police representative was also in attendance, as eight officers from Austria have been helping their Slovenian colleagues since Oct. 13.

Major reinforcements are hopefully conducted next week, when 400 police officers from different parts of the EU are expected to arrive according to the EU plan.

Police Commissioner Fank explained that the participation of foreign police officers was letting them see the situation on the ground and pass on this knowledge to their home countries.

This is an opportunity for Europe to get familiar with the actual situation, he said, arguing that a lot of false information was being spread. Endit