Austria will build a fence along its
border with fellow EU member Slovenia to slow down the migrant flow,
Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner said on Wednesday Oct 28,2015
Austria is the latest country after Slovenia and Hungary to announce
plans to build a border fence to control the flow of refugees
Both countries are part of the passport-free Schengen zone and have been key transit countries for tens of thousands ofrefugees desperately seeking to reach northern Europe via the Balkans.
'This
is about ensuring an orderly, controlled entry into our country, not
about shutting down the border,' Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner told
The
politician of the conservative OeVP party said the situation risked
escalating as people were forced to wait in freezing temperatures for
hours before being allowed to cross the border
Hundreds of migrants are escorted from the local train station to the Slovenian-Austrian border in Sentilj, Slovenia
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