Slovakia sends 20 police officers to Slovenia to help handle migrants crisis
Xinhua, November 6, 2015 Adjust font size:
Slovakia has dispatched 20 police officers who will help Slovenia to handle the migrants crisis, confirmed Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at a briefing on Friday.
Another unit of Slovak police officers is already helping its colleagues in Hungary.
"There was another application to help the Slovenians. We're sending the exact number they have asked us to. If they ask for 100, we'll try to send them, but now they want 20 - including equipment," stressed Fico.
The police officers will be stationed at the border of two EU-member states - Slovenia and Croatia, with the former being a member of Schengen and the latter not a member.
There should be over 400 police officers sent from different member states to Slovenia. Apart from handling the influx of migrants, they'll secure public order.
"They're police officers specially trained for this kind of work. They have basic technical equipment, vehicles, night vision goggles. It's for a month for the time being, just like in the case of Hungary. We expect they'll ask for an extension. These people volunteered to go," emphasised Fico. Endit