There has been an increase in migrant arrivals in Italy by land through the Balkan Route, according to Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese. She announced that controls in the border region of Friuli Venezia Giulia would be increased to combat clandestine migration.
The documentary film "No Borders. Stream of Conscience" by Italian director Mauto Caputo tells the story of migrants on the Balkan Route. Caputo spent a year and a half filming in the Karst Plateau region, along the border between Italy and Slovenia. He recently spoke to ANSA about the experience.
The authorities of Italy's Friuli Venezia Giulia region say that moe than 100 migrants were tracked down by border police between Sunday and Tuesday in the Trieste region, near the Slovenian border. Meanwhile, the local governor once again criticized the Rome government.
Seven human traffickers arrested as migrant numbers increase along the Balkan Route and police step up controls.
Austria has begun testing drones on its borders to Hungary and Slovenia. Equipped with live-tracking and heat-sensing cameras, the drones will be used to detect the movements of smugglers and irregular migrants.
A documentary film by Italian director Mauro Caputo entitled 'No Borders. Flusso di Coscienza' tells the story of the long journey taken by migrants along the Balkan route. The film is currently in post-production.
The northeastern Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG), bordering with Slovenia, has asked the government to close minor crossings with the neighboring country to "avoid problems connected to immigration in addition to those related to healthcare."
Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese says that her government will try to improve its response to irregular migration from the Balkan route, following criticism from far-right leaders in the border region near Slovenia. She rejected claims that Slovenia does not collaborate sufficiently with Italy.
Around 1,000 additional police officers were dispatched to Slovenia's border with Croatia on Tuesday in a bid to prevent illegal border crossings. Officals said they have detected an increase of migrants on the Balkan route in the past weeks.
Two migrant-aid organizations are accusing authorities in northeastern Italy of illegally returning asylum seekers to Slovenia. They also claim that readmission procedures between Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia prevent people from asking for asylum in the EU.
Italy's northeastern province of Friuli Venezia Giulia has said that the Italian government will be drawing up urgent measures to counter the arrival of migrants via the Balkan route, while police say the situation is problematic in Trieste.
Authorities in the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia are concerned about a new increase of irregular migrants in the area, coming from Slovenia through the Balkan route. In 12 hours between Monday and Tuesday, about 140 migrants were registered.