(ANSAmed) - Berlin, April 29 - Austrian Interior Minister
Wolfgang Sobotka said Friday that "we are preparing structures
at the frontier but we will not introduce barriers as long as
the situation does not require that". He was speaking with
German counterpart Thomas de Maiziere of the "highly sensitive
border" at the Brenner pass with Italy. Italy is "far from"
being overwhelmed by migrants and would only need help if some
350,000 were to arrive, de Maiziere said. Italy is not afraid of
the prospect of Austria building a fence at the Brenner Pass but
there is not reason for Vienna to build one, Interior Minister
Angelino Alfano said. "Italy certainly isn't a country that lets
itself get scared by a (fence)," he said. He said "we are
working hard to control Italian itineraries so there is neither
the motive not the excuse, not the pretext to build that fence".
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