The influx of refugees does not stop. Now the management is not only expanding its workforce in Burgenland. The red-white-red contingent will also increase in the Hungary-Serbia mission, as announced by Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP).
The situation at the border in Burgenland remains tense. In the Oberpullendorf district alone, 130 migrants had to be detained between midnight and 10 a.m. on Saturday. This year 17,600 refugees have been registered so far. Their numbers are expected to skyrocket in the summer.
A lot of work for civil servants
According to current reports, it currently takes an hour and a half to register a migrant. The highest authorities are trying to speed up processing. Increasing the number of employees should help.
support is coming
On July 1, 55 new police officers will be hired on the Hungarian border. They come from Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg and Upper Austria. “38 officers have been assigned to the Nickelsdorf location, eight to the Oberpullendorf district and another five to the State Police Headquarters Situation Center,” it said. Four colleagues are deployed as bus drivers for the transport of refugees.
Fight against smugglers
The fight against illegal migration is also intensified further east. From the autumn, the number of Austrian police officers at the Hungarian-Serb border will be increased from 30 to 50, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner announced after talks with MEP Christian Sagartz.
“Austria is one of the countries most affected by migration. Burgenland is particularly affected by its geographical location. That’s why we need robust external border protection and internal border controls,” explains the interior minister. When it comes to increased police presence, he and Sagartz agree.
Drones and thermal imaging bus
“Our police officers are already doing an excellent job of supporting their Hungarian colleagues at the EU’s external border with Serbia. However, in order to successfully combat the increasing illegal activities of the smugglers, a further increase in human resources on the ground from September is absolutely necessary,” Karner added. There will also be two drones and a thermal imaging bus.
Sagartz: “Smugglers must be stopped at the latest at the EU’s external borders. Increased operations against the perpetrators also relieve the police in Austria.”
Source: Krone
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