Abstract
Migration to the Republic of Slovenia as "A First Step" into the European Union
Highlights
The Republic of Slovenia is a small country surrounded by Italy, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, and the Adriatic Sea
Migration was not yet part of the European Union (EU) Common Security and Defence Policy, which led to the unthinkable situation where members of the Slovenian Armed Forces had to deal with the migrant flows as a support to the police, even though they had never imagined doing this kind of task in their own homeland
Using a comparative analysis of the different official data from Slovenian police statistics and annual reports, we found that the largest population coming to Slovenia during the past twelve years have been economic migrants from the former republics of Yugoslavia
Summary
The Republic of Slovenia is a small country surrounded by Italy, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, and the Adriatic Sea. In 2015 Slovenia had to protect its own border and the border of the EU at the time of the European migrant crisis; it was a very demanding task for a small country with finite resources to host approximately 400,000 people crossing its borders. To deal with this issue a comprehensive approach and the coordination of all the country’s available resources, including the military, was required. The term migration can be defined as the crossing of the boundary of a political or administrative unit for a certain minimum period of time It covers the movement of refugees and displaced or uprooted people, as well as economic migrants.
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