Response of Parliamentary Parties in the Republic of Slovenia to the Mass Arrivals of Migrants Te mass arrivals of political and economic migrants in Slovenia started when Hungary closed its border with Croatia. In this article, we analyze the reactions of parliamentary parties in Slovenia, focusing on the media statements of their leaders and members on the signifcant events since the beginning of mass arrivals of migrants to date: frst arrivals of migrants to Slovenia, erection of fences on Slovenian-Croatian border, November 2015 Paris terrorist atacks, protests against accommodation of minor migrants unaccompanied by adults in Student dorm in Kranj, proposal for consultative referendum on the acceptance of migrants in Slovenia and Act on amendments to the Aliens Act. We point out some of the most defning statements to show the political opinions of individual parties and compare the responses of these parties in the light of the political division between lef-wing and right-wing politics as well as political division based on the urban-rural cleavage. Keywords: migrations, mass arrivals of migrants, Slovenia, political parties, media statements, urban-rural. Odziv parlamentarnih strank v Republiki Sloveniji na množične prihode migrantov? Masovni prihodi političnih in ekonomskih migrantov v Slovenijo so se začeli, ko je Madžarska zaprla svojo mejo s Hrvaško. V tem članku avtorja analizirava reakcije parlamentarnih strank v Republiki Sloveniji s poudarkom na medijskih izjavah njihovih voditeljev in članov o pomembnih dogodkih od začetka množičnih prihodov migrantov do danes: prvi prihodi migrantov v Slovenijo, postavitev ograj na slovensko-hrvaški meji, pariški teroristični napadi novembra 2015, protesti proti nastanitvi mladoletnih migrantov brez spremstva odraslih v dijaškem domu v Kranju, predlog posvetovalnega referenduma o nastanitvi migrantov v Republiki Sloveniji in Zakon o spremembah in dopolnitvah Zakona o tujcih. Izpostavljava nekatere najbolj odmevne izjave, ki odražajo politična stališča posameznih strank, in primerjava odzive teh strank glede na levo in desno politično usmeritev ter tudi glede na politično delitev, osnovano na razlikah med urbanim in ruralnim. Ključne besede: migracije, masovni prihodi migrantov, Slovenija, politične stranke, odzivi v medijih, urbano-ruralno. Correspondence address: Matjaž Klemenčič, Filozofska fakulteta Univerze v Mariboru, Koroška cesta 160, 2000 Maribor, e-mail: matjaz.klemencic@um.si; Maruša Verbič Koprivšek, Filozofska fakulteta Univerze v Mariboru, Koroška cesta 160, 2000 Maribor, e-mail: marusa.verbic@um.si. Matjaž Klemenčič, Maruša Verbič Koprivšek TREATISES AND DOCUMENTS JOURNAL OF ETHNIC STUDIES RAZPRAVE IN GRADIVO REVIJA ZA NARODNOSTNA VPRAŠANJA 79 / 2017, p. 145–163 ISSN 0354-0286 Print/ISSN 1854-5181 Online © Inštitut za narodnostna vprašanja (Ljubljana), htp://www.inv.si