Border controls begin on Saturday. Italy controls the border with Slovenia and the neighboring country controls the borders with Croatia and Hungary, it was said.
Both countries have the measure initially for ten days – until October 30 – announced. According to politicians, Italy and Slovenia are currently hoping for a Duration of up to two months.
Austria, for its part, introduced border controls with the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Given the “intensification of crises on Europe’s borders, especially after the attack on Israel,” concerns about terrorist attacks have increased, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi explained the decision on Thursday.
The Slovenian government, for its part, gave the green light on Thursday to controls at internal Schengen borders with Croatia and Hungary. “We do not want radical people or people with terrorist intentions to pass through the Western Balkan route”, stressed the Minister of the Interior, Boštjan Poklukar. The Slovenian authorities had already indirectly expressed their dissatisfaction with the inadequate protection of the external Schengen border by the new Schengen country, Croatia.