Austria Continues to Maintain Internal Border Controls With Slovenia and Hungary Through May 2025
Austria Continues to Maintain Internal Border Controls With Slovenia and Hungary Through May 2025Austria has agreed to a six-month extension of its internal border restrictions with Slovenia and Hungary.
According to Schengen.News, Austria’s Ministry of Interior said that the border measure will be extended starting today, November 12, 2024, and will be in place until May 2025.Austria wants to stop all illegal border operations by expanding land border controls with these two of its neighbors.
Austria wants to stop any illegal border activity.
The Ministry clarified that Burgenland has seen a sharp decline in arrests in recent years. However, the authority asserts that in order to prevent human trafficking and unauthorized immigration to the nation, border controls must be maintained.
According to Minister Karner, border controls are a key component in the fight against irregular migration.
Austria Gerhard Karner, the minister of the interior, had the same view. Minister Karner stated that the expansion of border controls with Slovenia and Hungary is a critical step in the battle against unauthorized migration to Austria and the bloc.
Austria’s border controls with Slovenia and Hungary have been extended previously. Internal border controls between these two nations were first implemented by Austria in 2015, and they have since been intermittently exte
On September 16, Germany made the decision to reinstate internal border controls at all of its land borders. Since then, border officials have been conducting background checks on anyone coming into Germany from any of its neighbors.
France also restored border controls with all of its neighbors on the first day of this month. According to French authorities, the goal of this measure is to protect national security in the face of growing terrorist threats and combat irregular migration.In May of this year, Austria decided to extend border controls with Hungary and Slovenia for a further six months, marking the last extension of such controls.
Internal border controls are currently in place in a number of Schengen nations.
There are other Schengen nations that maintain border controls at the moment besides Austria. Seven more Schengen/EU nations are currently enforcing border controls. Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden, and Slovenia are among these nations.
Along with the nations listed above, the Netherlands recently declared that it will begin enforcing border controls on December 9, 2024. This measure, which aims to combat irregular migration and migrant smuggling, will be in effect for six months.
