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Austria calls for tougher controls along EU's borders

Thu, May 28 2009 12:28 CET byNick Iliev 868 Views 5 Comments
Austria calls for tougher controls along EU's borders

Austria wants controls along the European Union’s outer borders be reinforced in order to prevent illegal immigrants from pouring into the bloc, the country's chancellor Werner Faymann told European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels, as quoted by AFP.

Stricter regulation was essential in order to tackle series of problems, amongst which the escalating crime in the country, attributed to foreigners, Faymann reportedly told Barroso.
 
Faymann said that "security on the external borders of the Schengen area must be re-examined where necessary, and reinforced where there are deficiencies", as quoted by the AFP. Break-ins, blamed on foreign criminals, had increased by 50 per cent in some regions of Austria, according to Faymann.

Barroso in turn has assured the Austrian chancellor that the EC will "address the issue seriously", however he played down the argument that the latest crime wave had emanated from the expansion of the Schengen area in 2007.

"Some people tend to think it was good in the old days," Barroso was quoted as saying, but "criminality would exist with or without Schengen. Schengen gives authorities more powers to work with the authorities of other countries."
 
Regardless of the decision from Brussels, Vienna has announced it will take matters into its own hands, by deploying several hundred soldiers until the end of the year, to boost control along the borders with the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia, AFP said.

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Anonymous Philosopher Mon, Jun 01 2009 22:52 CET
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The EU does not want to address the problem because it does not see this as a problem. The liberal-capitalists within the EU lobby the governments to close an eye to illegal immigration so that poor illegal immigrants can be exploited by being employed for low salaries.

Anonymous JohnJo Mon, Jun 01 2009 21:06 CET
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I think the BNP and UKIP will gain support in the UK we have already had mass strikes over work being given to migrant labour if the EU does not address this problem i fear the worst.

Anonymous Johny Mon, Jun 01 2009 13:19 CET
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For the sake of crystal clear clarity "The same will happen in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Britain Ect." was regarding And in agreement with JohnJo's comment that "it's only a matter of time before local people take the law into thier own hands" It's not rocket science.

Anonymous Johny Mon, Jun 01 2009 12:59 CET
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The same will happen in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Britain Ect. We can count on it.

Anonymous JohnJo Thu, May 28 2009 22:54 CET
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Europe without some kind of restrictions on the borders will cause unrest its only a matter of time before local people take the law into there own hands.

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