Slovenia says razor fence possible at any section of border

Slovenian Interior Ministry State Secretary Bostjan Sefic indicated on Wednesday Slovenia may undertake fence building at any section on its border with Croatia as the migration flow may be diverted in the future and no part of the border should be exempt from these measures.

Speaking to the press after the government session on Wednesday, Sefic defended the decision to erect razor wire fence in the western-most Primorsko, which depends heavily on tourism and where no refugees crossed into Slovenia, the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) reported.

He said that experiences of the past few weeks suggested the Balkans route could divert and that the flow of refugees could enter the country at a different part of the border,defending that the government's decision is "completely justified," according to the past "bad experiences."

This means that no part of the border should be excluded from the government's measures, the STA report quoted Sefic as saying.

Slovenia initially planned to erect some 80 kilometers of fence, but by Tuesday some 140 kilometers had been built in 36 different locations along the 670-kilometer border with Croatia, with works continuing.

Slovenian police registered 329,095 refugees entering the country since mid-October, and almost 317,000 have left Slovenia for Austria, while 127 have requested asylum in the country, according to the STA report. Enditem