No Austrians checking trains in Italy

(ANSA) - Rome, April 28 - 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.