"The right is pursuing an excessively security-focused discourse that turns the sense of security into a strong political tool for influencing public opinion.
"On the left pole, there is a lot of declarative proclamation of liberality without a proper understanding of the complexity of very demanding legal procedures," she told Thursday's edition of Delo.
Those who think Slovenia should be more open ought to devise a clear plan. "Issuing a decision recognizing their status is not a problem. But what about health, education, employment, social services, accommodation, integration."
The right, meanwhile, should realize that "there is no measure - neither the fence itself nor the police or the army - that could stop mass migrations in the event the EU-Turkey agreement is unwound."
These two sides "fuel each other, but none of the sides say how to realize what they are advocating," she said.
Györkös Žnidar said Slovenia needed to have a serious conversation on its absorption capacity, legislation, and abuse of asylum procedures by applicants.
Alas, there has not been political will to adopt a strategy, as parties have "shut themselves into their ideological patterns."
Györkös Žnidar, who has been the most hawkish member of the Miro Cerar cabinet when it comes to migrations, also said her ministry's job was not to "speak about humanitarian or other aspects." This is the job of the Office for Integration.
