LJUBLJANA, Dec 3 (Hina) - Within next two years, Slovenia will carry out preparations for implementing stricter standards for the control of the future "Schengen border", even though it cannot as yet count on accessing the European
Union security database, Slovene Interior Minister Rado Bohinc said Monday. Bohinc told Slovene radio that the country had so far received 35 million German marks for equipping the control of its 670 kilometres-long border with Croatia. According to Bohinc, Slovenia cannot count on being included in databases on border crossings, travel documents and vehicles which enter EU countries from non-EU countries until 2005. After becoming an equal EU member, which, according to estimates, could take place in 2004, Slovenia must prove that it is capable of controlling the future EU "external border" , Bohinc said. According to him, the number of potential illegal migrants through Slovenia
LJUBLJANA, Dec 3 (Hina) - Within next two years, Slovenia will carry
out preparations for implementing stricter standards for the
control of the future "Schengen border", even though it cannot as
yet count on accessing the European Union security database,
Slovene Interior Minister Rado Bohinc said Monday.
Bohinc told Slovene radio that the country had so far received 35
million German marks for equipping the control of its 670
kilometres-long border with Croatia.
According to Bohinc, Slovenia cannot count on being included in
databases on border crossings, travel documents and vehicles which
enter EU countries from non-EU countries until 2005.
After becoming an equal EU member, which, according to estimates,
could take place in 2004, Slovenia must prove that it is capable of
controlling the future EU "external border" , Bohinc said.
According to him, the number of potential illegal migrants through
Slovenia this year has decreased by one third in relation to the
year before, which is the result of increased security measures and
different migration directions.
Within next two years, Slovene police would, apart from other
measures, secure two new helicopters for surveilling the border
with Croatia, and one police boat.
(hina) np sb