Italy opposed the idea of Austrian
police checking train passengers on the Italian side of the
border, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said Thursday after
talks with Austrian counterpart Wolfgang Sobotka. "We said no to
that," Alfano said. He added his ministry has requested more
police and soldiers to "control (asylum seeker) flows and road
and rail routes to the Brenner Pass". He added Austria "is not
going to build a wall" and that Italy "will prove to Austria it
is wasting money" on the barrier it is setting up at the Brenner
Pass. "Preparatory (barrier-building) will continue in case an
extraordinary flow (of asylum seekers) were to reach Austria,"
Alfano said. He also announced the two countries signed a deal
for their respective border police to communicate on a daily
basis.
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