Croatia, Slovenia express desire to tackle irregular migration together

Joint police cooperation between Croatia, Italy and Slovenia is on agenda to fight irregular migration, say leaders

By Talha Ozturk

BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) - European Union member states Croatia and Slovenia expressed their desire Tuesday to tackle irregular migration together.

Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic met in Slovenia's Kranj region.

In a joint press conference after the meeting, Golob and Plenkovic said they were willing to sign a police cooperation agreement.

''We will agree on joint police cooperation with Italy and Slovenia so our units can fight against irregular migration,'' said Plenkovic.

He added that Croatia has 6,700 police officers and significant technological equipment to protect the countries in the Schengen Area from irregular migration.

Golob noted that the number of irregular migrants entering Slovenia has increased.

''Together with Italy, we, as three countries, are looking for a way to follow the irregular migration corridors from the Bosnia-Herzegovina border to Italy,'' he said.

He added that the final destination of irregular migrants is Italy.

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