Border battles in the EU
Diversity and vibrancy suddenly don't appear to be strengthening trans-European ties anymore:
AUSTRIA
has warned it will send soldiers to close the border with Italy in 24 hours if
Rome decides to take the "nuclear option" and grant visas to almost
100,000 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean country.
Austria is threatening to close the Brennan mountain pass border with Italy. Desperate Italian officials have said they are considering allowing thousands of migrants out of the country and into the rest of Europe, as they struggle to cope with the 10,000 people arriving every day.
Austria, which shares a border with Italy via Brenner, an Alpine mountain pass, has reacted to the proposals with fury, saying it would immediately introduce border controls in the region.
Yesterday during a border visit, Austria's Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka said: "Italy granting humanitarian visas to migrants is unacceptable. In that case, we would immediately introduce controls in Brenner.
Austria is threatening to close the Brennan mountain pass border with Italy. Desperate Italian officials have said they are considering allowing thousands of migrants out of the country and into the rest of Europe, as they struggle to cope with the 10,000 people arriving every day.
Austria, which shares a border with Italy via Brenner, an Alpine mountain pass, has reacted to the proposals with fury, saying it would immediately introduce border controls in the region.
Yesterday during a border visit, Austria's Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka said: "Italy granting humanitarian visas to migrants is unacceptable. In that case, we would immediately introduce controls in Brenner.
Let's see. Option 1: border war with Austria. Option 2: send the
invaders back. This really doesn't seem to be a very difficult decision.
This isn't an entirely new development. Switzerland already has troops in position on the border just north of Como; they sent a tank battalion to the Como-Chiasso border last year. Which, one assumes, is why we didn't see pictures of invaders swarming up through Switzerland towards Germany despite it being an obvious route.
This isn't an entirely new development. Switzerland already has troops in position on the border just north of Como; they sent a tank battalion to the Como-Chiasso border last year. Which, one assumes, is why we didn't see pictures of invaders swarming up through Switzerland towards Germany despite it being an obvious route.
