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Austria Hopes Border Barriers Will Slow Migrants

Austria Hopes Border Barriers  Will Slow Migrants
Austria Hopes Border Barriers  Will Slow Migrants

Austria on Wednesday outlined plans to build barriers including a fence at a busy border crossing to slow an influx of migrants as Germany accused Austrian authorities of shuttling groups of refugees in its direction after dark.

Austria has largely served as a conduit into Germany for hundreds of thousands of Middle Eastern, African and Asian migrants fleeing wars and deprivation who have traveled from the Mediterranean and through the Balkans since early September, Reuters reported.

But as the southern German province of Bavaria, which borders Austria, has complained increasingly stridently to Berlin that it is reaching the limits of its capacity to receive refugees, concern in Austria has risen that Germany could further restrict arrivals, creating a backlog.

 

Financialtribune.com