Premier Giorgia Meloni's office said
Wednesday that the government has decided to reintroduce
controls at Italy's border with Slovenia from Saturday October
21 due to the "intensification of crisis hotbeds on Europe's
borders, particularly after the attack on Israel" by Hamas.
It said border controls would last for 10 days, with the
possibility of an extension, and "will be implemented in a way
that ensures the proportionality" and "adapted" to the level of
the "threat" and "calibrated to cause the least possible impact
on cross-border movement and freight traffic.
"Further developments in the situation and the effectiveness of
the measures will be constantly analyzed in the hope of a rapid
return to full freedom of movement," the statement continued
It said the situation was "aggravated by the constant migratory
pressure to which Italy is subject, by sea and by land" with
140,000 migrants arriving in Italy by sea this year, up 85% on
the same period in 2022.
It said that the current police measures at the
Italian-Slovenian border were "not adequate to guarantee the
required level of security".
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