During a 12-hour targeted operation on the eastern border in Burgenland, domestic investigators arrested a total of 266 illegally entered migrants and seven people smugglers.
Significant and alarmingly rising numbers of asylum applications and arrests of illegal migrants (De “Krone” reported in detail) are among other reasons why the landlord on Friday night on the country’s eastern border – currently the main entry route in terms of illegal migration – yelled at “Action Sharp”.
For example, more than 870 agents were deployed as part of the priority action against illegal trafficking in human beings. Less than half an hour after the start of the operation, the first “success” could be reported: on the Hungarian side, a Ukrainian trafficker with four illegal migrants in the vehicle was stopped by the uniformed agents.
“Close cooperation with the Hungarian police is an important cornerstone in the fight against people smuggling and illegal migration. Since the beginning of the year alone, joint patrols on Hungarian soil have resulted in the arrest of nearly 130 people smugglers and the detention of more than 1,500 refugees,” said Interior Minister Gerhard Karner during his flying visit to the start of the priority campaign. at the border crossing in Nickelsdorf in Burgenland.
Local investigators stopped 266 migrants
Moments later, at the border crossing in Nickelsdorf, a Polish driver was caught carrying 13 refugees in his illegal luggage. Almost simultaneously, two suspected smugglers from North Macedonia were taken out of circulation by officials at Fertöszentmiklos. The duo wanted to transport eight Afghan migrants to Austria.
And the wave of arrests continued into the wee hours: within the officially scheduled 12 hours alone, domestic investigators were able to apprehend as many as 266 illegal immigrants before or after our borders.
50 new officials at the EU’s external border”
In addition, there were a total of seven suspected smugglers, who could be handcuffed by the agents twice on red-white-red soil and five times on Hungarian territory. “Key operations with our Hungarian colleagues will continue consistently! In addition, from the end of July, 50 Austrian police officers will help secure the EU’s external border at the Hungarian-Serb border,” said Interior Minister Gerhard Karner.
Source: Krone
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