Austria continues to maintain extraordinary controls at the Schengen border with the Czech Republic amid concerns about illegal migration. After December 17, the checks will initially last another two months, the Ministry of the Interior said on Saturday.
“Border controls are currently necessary both to combat the smuggling mafia and to take consistent action against internationally active extremists,” Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) said in the statement.
“Intensive checks” in the area near the border
According to the information, Austria reintroduced border controls with the Czech Republic on October 18. In the fight against illegal migration, Austria controls all its borders with Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia. According to the Ministry of the Interior, “intensive checks” would be carried out in the “areas close to the border” with Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Border controls are in fact not planned within the Schengen area and must be reported to the European Commission. However, 11 of the 27 Schengen member states would carry out internal controls, the report said. This shows that “as long as external border protection does not work, the Schengen system is broken”.
Source: Krone
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