Austria’s Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner, said it was a precautionary measure against increasing numbers.
“We will certainly not build a fence from Hungary to Slovenia to Austria. It is unrealistic to build a fence of 700 km. But we must be prepared, on both sides of the border and plan structural measures to guarantee a controlled access.”
She went on to add:” The situation is especially dynamic. We’ve had between 3,000 and 8,000 people cross our border in just one day.But we need to prepare ourselves in case numbers rise to 12,000.”
Meanwhile Germany has accelerated deportations of rejected asylum seekers, flying 83 of them back to Kosovo.
Bavaria’s government leader whose region is bearing the brunt of the migrant surge into Germany has threatened to take Berlin to court over its refugee management.
Over 680,000 asylum seekers fleeing war and deprivation in the Middle East, Africa and Asia have poured into Europe this year, with Slovenia and Austria currently struggling the most with a migrant tide along a corridor northwestwards from the Balkans.
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