"Monfalcone, a traditionally Slovenian area, and some other municipalities towards Gorizia that have traditionally been Slovenian have become areas of radical Islam, with Wahabis and Salafists," Democrat (SDS) MP Branko Grims said.
"We can only guess as to why this has happened, but in my humble opinion there is a high likelihood that in Italy they have partially directed migrants towards the border; they expect that when they start to purge the illegal migrants, 600,000 of them, the pressure will rise and the most problematic ones have already been quietly shifted to the border so they splash over it," he said.
According to Grims, this would be "a huge problem for Slovenia" and an extraordinary security challenge for the police and the army.
Grims was speaking to the press after the commission debated today's arrest near Gorizia of a Bosnian citizen who entered Italy via Slovenia and was probably headed towards Spain.
International media report he had a haul that included six Kalashnikov rifles, two machine guns, one shotgun, one carbine, two more pistols, munitions, cartridges and silencers.
Grims said this was proof that there were criminal gangs smuggling weapons from the Balkans to North and West Europe, including to areas in Italy just behind the border with Slovenia.
"Information by Italian media indicates the weapons were destined either to Spain or immediately across the border into Italy, to the Salafist and Wahabi community present on the Italian side of the border," he said.
