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Germany 'planning to reintroduce border controls'

September 13, 2015

German media are reporting that Berlin is planning to reinstate border controls to monitor the flow of refugees trying to enter the country from Austria. The interior minister is to deliver a statement.

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Police facing refugees in Vienna
Image: imago/Eibner Europa

Germany is planning to temporarily reintroduce border controls, beginning with the border to Austria, in view of the massive influx of refugees, the German newspaper "Bild" said on Sunday.

A spokeswoman for Austria's rail service, OeBB, said independently that it was suspending its trains to Germany at the request of Germany's railway company, Deutsche Bahn.

The government of the southern German state of Bavaria had called for help from federal police to cope with the task of monitoring people trying to enter Germany, the "Bild" report said, citing security authorities.

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has announced that he will make a statement on the refugee situation late on Sunday afternoon.

An Austrian police spokesman said on Sunday that 6,000 refugees had entered Austria since midnight, and that the total could exceed 10,000 for the day - the highest number for one day since Germany and Austria opened their borders more than a week ago.

Almost all of the refugees entering Europe so far have wanted to travel on north to countries such as Germany and Sweden.

tj/rc (Reuters, dpa, AFP)