Slovenia is flooded with illegal migrants, asylum centres are full, crime is on the rise, and there have been several heinous rapes in the past weeks. By the 31st of October, 50,622 illegal border crossings had been processed. And these are only the migrants who have actually been apprehended by the police. Most of them are Pakistanis, Afghans and Moroccans. Compared to last year, when 24,662 people crossed our borders illegally, we are witnessing a sharp increase in these trends, which are made possible by Golob’s policy.
So far this year, 48,996 migrants who were caught have expressed their intention to apply for international protection, compared to 21,452 at the same time last year. Afghans, Moroccans and Pakistanis are also among the most likely to apply for protection. Despite the one-off increase in migration this year, only 235 illegal immigrants have been returned to foreign security authorities, compared to 2,193 at the same time last year.
Police officers had a busy weekend
Over the last weekend, officers of the Koper Police Directorate dealt with 66 illegal crossings of the state border. On Saturday, at 6.20 p.m., officers were following two vehicles with Polish licence plates that did not stop at the signs. They followed them through the Dekani tunnel and stopped them at the exit for Škofije. The first driver was a 53-year-old Georgian national carrying 5 Egyptian nationals, and the second was a 58-year-old Georgian national carrying 3 Turkish nationals. All proceedings are ongoing.
In Starod, at 4.50 a.m. on Monday, a 49-year-old Bulgarian national, driver of a Mercedez-Benz passenger car, carrying 9 Turkish nationals, was under investigation. The proceedings are still ongoing.
On the night of the 19th of November, police officers from the Novo mesto Police Directorate stopped an Opel Astra with Italian licence plates on the local road between Metlika and Semič. On the 19th of November, in the afternoon, they checked the driver of a Toyota Tundra passenger car with Ukrainian licence plates on the motorway near the exit for Mirna Peč. On the 19th of November, the driver of a van with German licence plates was stopped at Obrežje, but initially ignored the signs of the police officers and continued driving to the village of Ribnica, where he was stopped. A 37-year-old citizen of Ukraine was transporting 26 Turkish nationals in a Mercedes Sprinter van, who do not meet the conditions for entry into the country. The Ukrainian nationals were arrested and detained, and their vehicles seized. They will be brought before an investigating judge with criminal charges for offences of prohibited crossing of the border or territory of the country. Police proceedings against 39 Turkish nationals are ongoing.
Unauthorised crossings of the national border
Between the 17th and the 20th of November, on the territory of the Police Station Brežice (Dobova, Obrežje, Rigonce, Slovenska vas, Loče, Nova vas pri Mokricah, Prilipe, Bukošek), 32 Sierra Leonean citizens, 30 Pakistani citizens, 29 Bangladeshi citizens, 27 Russian citizens, 22 Afghan citizens, 21 Indian citizens, 17 Moroccan citizens, 15 Nepalese citizens, 12 Sri Lankan citizens, eight Cameroonian citizens, six Turkey citizens, four Gambia citizens, three Iran citizens, three Cuba citizens, three Palestine citizens, three Senegal citizens, two Ugandan citizens, two Syrian citizens, two Tunisian citizens, two Guinea citizens, and one citizen each of Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Congo, Burundi, the Philippines, Mali, Kenya, Liberia and Sudan, respectively, were tracked down and detained. In the area of the Police Station Črnomelj (Žuniči, Vinica), 11 Moroccan nationals and a Libyan national were arrested, and in the area of the Police Station Metlika (Svržaki), five Afghan nationals were arrested. Police procedures with foreigners who have illegally entered Slovenia are not yet completed.
Sara Kovač
