Migrants: Austria and Germany, more controls at the Brenner
Joint activities, focusing on freight trains
01 June, 12:15Thomas Borowik, spokesman for the German Federal Police in Munich, said that the controls will focus on freight trains to prevent migrants from attempting ''this dangerous path of illegal immigration'' to Germany.
However, the numbers are decreasing. In 2017, 14,600 migrants were intercepted along the border between Austria and Germany, whereas they were only 3,800 in the first four months of 2018.(ANSA).