VIENNA (Sputnik) — Austria on Monday introduced temporary border control on its border with Hungary to limit the inflow of undocumented migrants, local media reported.
According to the Austrian newspaper Oesterreich, the border controls were scheduled to apply from 8 a.m. local time (06:00 GMT).
The newspaper added that the authorities plan to pay special attention to vans entering Austria from Hungary.
Europe is struggling to find a solution to a massive refugee crisis that is considered to be a major threat to the Schengen system, as hundreds of thousands of refugees flee conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa and try to reach stable EU states, especially Sweden, Austria and Germany.
In response to the growing number of migrants reaching their territories, some European states, such as Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovenia, have built fences, while other states, including Austria and Germany, have toughened their migration policies.
