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Austria began Monday night with temporary immigration checks at major border crossings. Since midnight, travelers have been inspected at the German-Austrian motorway junction Kiefersfelden / Kufstein as well as at the entrance to Italy at Brenner. The decision will establish security measures around a two-day conference of EU ministers in Innsbruck
The Informal Council "Justice and Home Affairs" will be held in the second half of 2018 on Thursday and Friday (12 and 13 April) July) in the capital of Tyrol. Border controls were not related to the debate on immigration, it was pointed out. "We are looking for potential disrupters, not especially migrants," said a spokesman for the police. Five-day checks are again planned – around the meeting of EU Heads of State and Government on 20 September in Salzburg.
Police say vehicles must slow down to 30 km / h for visual inspections. To avoid traffic jams as much as possible, two lanes remain open. Nevertheless, drivers of cars and trucks must expect considerable handicaps. Border controls are expected to last until Friday. They concern – besides the Brenner – the transitions from Germany to Tyrol. The entrance to Austria, for example via Salzburg and Pbadau, is possible without any control.
(APA)
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