As Refugee Crisis Continues, Slovenia Adapts Response

As Refugee Crisis Continues, Slovenia Adapts Response
Migrants wait for food and water distribution as they wait to be allowed to cross to Austria, Sentilj, Slovenia, Nov. 5, 2015 (AP photo by Darko Bandic).

Editor's note: This article is part of an ongoing WPR series on the European refugee crisis and European Union member states' approaches to addressing it.

In November, Slovenia started construction of a fence along its border with Croatia to help control the flow of refugees entering the country. In an email interview, Katarina Vucko, a legal expert and researcher at the Peace Institute in Ljubljana, discussed Slovenia’s response to the refugee crisis.

WPR: What policies is Slovenia pursuing on the national and European Union level to address the influx of refugees, and what is the government’s stance on the EU refugee quota scheme?

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