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Due to the number of refugees, Germany is expanding border controls with Austria. ©APA/Barbara Gindl (symbol image)
Due to the increasing number of refugees via the Balkan route, border controls with Austria have been extended.
At the same time, manhunting on the Czech-German border has intensified, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said after a meeting with state and local government officials in Berlin on Tuesday. Austria and the Czech Republic also agreed to introduce border controls with Slovakia.
More refugees are arriving in Europe via the Balkan route
“Significantly more people are coming to Europe via the Mediterranean and Balkan route, and that worries me,” Faeser said. It is important to set limits. Therefore, border controls for Austria would be extended beyond November for another six months. “We are acting in very close cooperation here.” She will take more votes at the EU interior ministers meeting on Friday.
Faeser criticizes visa regulations in Serbia
Faeser criticized Serbia’s visa regulations. “To be blunt, Serbia’s visa practice is unacceptable, which also contributes to movements on the Balkan route.” Serbia must adapt its visa regulations to those of the European Union. “This is a clear expectation of the federal government.” More recently, the number of Indians and Tunisians who can enter Serbia without a visa has increased. However, at a meeting in Belgrade last week, Serbian Interior Minister Alexandar Vulin promised his Austrian and Hungarian counterparts that he would tighten their visa rules for countries from which particularly large numbers of migrants are illegally entering the country. HUH.
Germany extends border controls with Austria
In fact, there are no stationary identity checks at the borders of the Schengen area, to which 26 European countries belong. In recent years, however, several countries have used an exception and partially reintroduced border controls. Germany has controlled Bavaria on the Austrian border since autumn 2015, after hundreds of thousands of refugees and other migrants made their way from Greece to Western Europe via the Balkan route.