Austria Calls for ‘Fortress Europe’ as Strained EU States Tighten Borders
SputnikNews.com
23.10.2015
It seems the strain of the refugee crisis is starting to show on a number of EU countries, with Austrian officials calling for the construction of a “fortress Europe” around the bloc’s external borders to stem the flow of refugees into the region.
Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner made the comments following a visit to Spielfeld in Austria’s Styria region, which has seen the arrival of thousands of migrants, who are placing enormous pressure on local services.
Yesterday police were forced to remove barricades at a refugee camp in the town, which has a population of only 1,000, to allow for more people to stay in an expanded area.
The situation in Austria has also been experienced by Slovenia, where more than 12,000 new arrivals have entered the country over a 24-hour period, surpassing the numbers passing into Hungary at the height of the crisis in September.
Slovenian officials have called on the EU for support as it struggles to control the influx of people who entered the country following Croatia’s decision to open their borders at the end of last week.
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