(ANSAmed) - Rome, April 29 - There are no masses of refugees
pushing at the Italian-Austrian border at the Brenner Pass,
Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said Friday, a day after Italy
averted the closure of the pass and the erection of a fence, for
now.
"It's not that there are masses of refugees in Alto Adige
pushing on the Brenner frontier," he said on RAI radio.
"Therefore the message that we have been sending Austria for
days is that they cannot take a decision like this, especially
on a border so charged with history, with symbols".
On Thursday Austrian Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka said
after Rome talks with Interior Minister Angelino Alfano that for
now there will be no fence at the Brenner Pass, only more
controls, if necessary, in the event of a large influx of
migrants and refugees.
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