As a result, the Slovenian prime minister, Miro Cerar, said that it was likely that numerous 30,000 migrants who were in his country traveling northward from Greece could be stranded, and that he had limited space and resources to properly accommodate them during winter.
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Cerar has said previously that his small Alpine nation was being overwhelmed by the flow of refugees.
According to the latest information available, Cerar said, Austria plans to accept only 6,000 migrants a day in the future.
Troopers erect the fence in Gibina, Slovenia, early Wednesday.
The president of Niger – a major transit route for Africans heading to lawless Libya in the hopes of crossing the Mediterranean to Europe – was cautious about opening the floodgates to returns.
About 170,000 migrants have entered Slovenia since mid-October, when Hungary closed its border with Croatia.
The developments coincide with the final day of a migration summit of European and African leaders.
Croatia sharply criticised Slovenia for unfurling razor wire along stretches of their border on Wednesday, as Europe continued to struggle to find a co-ordinated response to its biggest refugee crisis since the second World War. But the government has so far not announced that it will limit the number of migrant entries.
The tides of people have greatly impacted poorer countries, including Hungary, Greece and Turkey, where migrants tend to arrive first.
The Slovenian government has so far not said where and when the fence building would start.
“The border remains open, but under strict control”.
Riot police and migrants camped near the French port of Calais have clashed in overnight violence that aid workers say reflects the growing frustration of refugees’ inability to smuggle themselves aboard trucks and trains bound for Britain.
The question now isn’t whether fences can “stop” migrants fleeing to Western Europe, but rather if the backup in the Balkans, the proliferation of razor wire fences, and the coming winter will be enough to make a large percentage of asylum seekers reconsider which route they want to take.
A leading politician in the Italian Parliament is decrying as “cynical and inhumane” the erecting of fences between European Union countries to try to keep out migrants.
“Instead of that, they’re sending a signal that the border is gradually closing, which has the opposite effect to that intended – it makes even more people come”.
Croatian special forces arrived at the Harmica border crossing, while armed Slovenian special police watched from the Slovenian side.
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But its squabbling coalition government was expected to discuss on Wednesday similar measures to Slovenia.
