Austrian authorities will extend border controls at its frontiers with Hungary and Slovenia for another six months until May 2019, local media reported, citing a document prepared by Austrian Interior Minister Herbert Kickl.
VIENNA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 11th October, 2018) Austrian authorities will extend border controls at its frontiers with Hungary and Slovenia for another six months until May 2019, local media reported, citing a document prepared by Austrian Interior Minister Herbert Kickl.
"Due to a large number of detentions of persons or asylum seekers who illegally entered or stayed in the republic, the Austrian Federal government came to the conclusion that that the situation was not stable enough. For this reason, Austria decided to introduce internal border controls with Slovenia and Hungary after November 11, 2018," the document said, as quoted by Austria Press Agency (APA).
The document should be sent to Brussels and other Schengen countries later on Thursday, according to the agency.
Austria temporarily reintroduced border controls with Hungary, Italy, Slovakia and Slovenia in September 2015 at the outbreak of migrant crisis in Europe.
