Austria ready to send troops to other European countries to keep migrants out
RT.com
7 Feb, 2017
The government in Vienna is working on amendments to Austrian laws that would allow troops to be sent to other European countries to help them “protect their borders” from illegal migrants and refugees, the Austrian defense minister has said.
“We do not believe that the European external borders have been sufficiently protected by the EU so far,” Austrian Defense Minister Hans Peter Doskozil told Germany’s Die Welt daily.
Saying that the number of migrants and refugees who have illegally entered the EU is still “too high,” the minister announced that Austria has plans to “closely cooperate” with 15 other countries within its new ‘Balkan frontier defense project.’
States along the so-called Balkan route, as well as Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and other countries could be included in Vienna’s initiative.
Currently, Austria can only transfer its soldiers abroad for humanitarian reasons, but now intends to deploy troops to other states to prevent migrants from moving further into Europe from Bulgaria and Greece.
“The western Balkan route is still not as closed as it should be,” Doskozil said.
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