Joint Border Patrols With Italy Resume

Italy and Slovenia have restarted joint police and border force patrols to stem illegal crossings, reports Euractiv.

The patrols will only take place in areas where illegal crossings are most frequent and will include searches of buses, trains and cars, police said.

The patrols consist of teams of one Italian and two Slovenian police officers and are only being conducted on the Slovenian side of the shared border.

Italian police data shows that illegal border crossings have risen by 57 percent year-on-year.