Austrian authorities have uncovered around
200 asylum seekers and arrested five people traffickers as part of a
new operation along the country’s borders, a senior interior ministry
official said on Monday.
Konrad Kogler,
director general for public security at the ministry, said: “In the
hours since we started implementing these measures that we agreed with
Germany, Hungary and Slovakia, we have been able to get more than 200
refugees out of such vehicles and we have been able to detain five
smugglers.”
Austrian Interior Minister Johanna
Mikl-Leitner, speaking at the same news conference, said checks being
undertaken along the Austrian border were not classic border controls.
“We are not in violation of Schengen,” she said.
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