Austria says ready to protect borders if Germany moves on migrants

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Austria says ready to protect borders if Germany moves on migrants

 

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz holds a news conference after meeting European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 6, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria is prepared to take measures to protect its southern borders if an immigration deal within Germany's coalition goes into effect, the government in Vienna said on Tuesday.

 

Austria was responding to a deal reached late on Monday between German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and her partners in Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU), settling a row over immigration that had threatened to topple the German government.

 

Under the deal, migrants who have already applied for asylum in other European Union countries will be held in transit centres on the border while Germany negotiates bilateral deals for their return.

 

Austria, which has Germany on its northern border, has repeatedly said it will at least match any German measures on its own frontiers further down migrant routes, such as those it shares with Italy and Slovenia.

 

"Should this agreement become the German government's position, we see that as prompting us to take action to prevent negative consequences for Austria and its population," Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said in a joint statement with two far-right members of his cabinet.

 

"The government is therefore prepared in particular to take measures for the protection of our southern borders," the statement by Kurz, Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and Interior Minister Herbert Kickl said, without elaborating. Austria's southernmost borders are with Slovenia and Italy.

 

(Reporting by Francois Murphy; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-07-03

[B T Justice]

That makes sense as Germany already has many existing "transit centers" and rail systems through out the country .

[smedly]

2 hours ago, B T Justice said:

That makes sense as Germany already has many existing "transit centers" and rail systems through out the country .

migrants can travel freely once in the EU...…………...isn't it open borders ?

[DoctorG]

16 hours ago, B T Justice said:

That makes sense as Germany already has many existing "transit centers" and rail systems through out the country .

I read that as a 1940's quip. Did I get it wrong? ?

[peperobi]

The next EU could war is programmed! Enjoy it!

[Baerboxer]

15 hours ago, smedly said:

migrants can travel freely once in the EU...…………...isn't it open borders ?

 

Yep. And that's what many wanted to do. Enter an EU country, claim to be refugees needing asylum, have "no papers" and then move freely throughout the EU to cherry pick the countries with the best freebies and benefits.

[micmichd]

On 7/4/2018 at 8:36 AM, Baerboxer said:

 

Yep. And that's what many wanted to do. Enter an EU country, claim to be refugees needing asylum, have "no papers" and then move freely throughout the EU to cherry pick the countries with the best freebies and benefits.

Many (maybe most) want a job in Germany. But since German immigration laws are rather prohibitive for non-EU people, claiming asylum is the only way for many. 

What else but benefits can you live on if you're not allowed to work?

[ivor bigun]

Many (maybe most) want a job in Germany. But since German immigration laws are rather prohibitive for non-EU people, claiming asylum is the only way for many. 
What else but benefits can you live on if you're not allowed to work?

Yes all those men in the boats look like they are just itching to get a job bring their familly over have loads of kids and claim nothing. Sorry but my head is up to my neck in sand

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[Opl]

Austria has taken over the six-month rotating presidency of the EU in July. In a note to the national experts of the twenty-eight members of the EU at an informal meeting in Vienna (July 2 - 3) has proposed to rethink a new "system of protection" where "no asylum application will be registred on European soil". With the aim, in 2025, to guarantee asylum only to those "who respect the values of the EU and its fundamental rights and freedoms". A condition that the EU absolutely does not impose on asylum seekers.