The Austrian army has been sent to assist in introducing tougher border checks amid the growing migrant crisis, Reuters cited the country\u2019s vice-chancellor as saying.<\/p>\n
At least 2,200 soldiers will assist police in tackling the refugee crisis on the border, according to a statement from the Austrian government.<\/p>\n
The soldiers will be deployed when their help is required, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said, Krone newspaper reported.<\/p>\n
“If Germany carries out border controls, Austria must put strengthened border controls in place,” Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner said in a joint news conference with Chancellor Werner Faymann. “We are doing that now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thousands of asylum seekers continue to pour into Austria from Hungary. Police told Reuters that 8,400 people had arrived on Sunday.<\/p>\n
“The flow of refugees remains very high,\u201d the spokesman said. “I don’t think I would be wrong in saying that we might exceed the threshold of 10,000 if it continues like this.”<\/p>\n
Police spokesman Gerald Pangl told AP that some 14,000 people had arrived in the town of Nickelsdorf on Sunday, and about 2,500 in the early hours of Monday.<\/p>\n
Slovakia has introduced temporary controls on its borders with Hungary and Austria, sending an additional 220 police officers, the country\u2019s Interior Ministry said Monday.<\/p>\n
The move comes after Germany introduced border checks over the weekend to tackle the flow of asylum seekers.<\/p>\n
Source: RT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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