“Operation Fox” started on the Austro-Hungarian border in Burgenland. Austrian police officers are supposed to pick up refugees on Hungarian territory in cooperation with the local authorities and fight the smuggling.
The police should “step firmly on the asylum brakes,” said Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (VP) during his visit to the Austro-Hungarian border near the Andau bridge (Neusiedl/See district) yesterday. Austro-Hungarian police patrols are to control the border area apart from priority actions. They are equipped with drones, two police dogs, thermal imaging devices and special vehicles for tracking people smugglers in rough terrain. The focus is on the border areas of the districts of Neusiedl am See and Oberpullendorf, which are most affected by illegal migration. According to the police, 10,800 refugees have been picked up and 47 people-smugglers arrested in the area around the Andau bridge alone in the past few months.
In this context, Karner defended Austria’s veto against the admission of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area. According to Karner, this system does not work in Eastern Europe. As reported, this view is not shared in Bulgaria and Romania. The fact that Austria is blocking the recording has triggered indignation. Romanian MEP Eugen Tomac has now called on the EU Commission to take Austria to the European Court of Justice.
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