At the occasion of the EU summit in Malta the prime minister explained his position. He believes that refugees have no wish whatsoever to stay in Slovenia, while Slovenia would not be capable to carry such a burden. In his opinion there are no legal, or actual basis for such measures: "It is obvious that all the refugees who came to Slovenia came through Croatia. The fact that we have registered them is to be contributed to our good cooperation with Austria, and our taking our role of a Schengen member state seriously," Cerar emphasized.
He reminded that Slovenia had agreed to a certain quota within the agreement on reallocation of refugees between the EU member states, and will accept them, but is in no position to agree to forced return of refugees.
Even stricter rules for newcomers
He also confirmed that Slovenia was considering a harsher asylum legislation; some amendments to the law have been prepared a while ago. In his opinion the standards within the Slovenia asylum legislation are presently lower than e.g. in Germany or Sweden, so that we are already close to "the minimum" of EU rules. Yet the government still sees the possibilities for a harsher regime, and "if necessary harsher measures will be employed, and amendments to the law presented to the National Assembly".