The Schengen agreement may also fall victim to the conflicts of the past weeks. More and more European countries are announcing that they will restore border controls at internal Schengen borders due to migration and the threat of terrorism, including Italy, Slovenia and Austria. Hungarian motorists are also affected, as Austria and Slovenia have also introduced controls at joint border crossings.
He brought back border control on a permanent basis at Germany's borders with the Czech Republic, Poland and Switzerland. The decision is justified by the need to stop illegal migration and human trafficking.
Austria has also decided to strengthen its border protection, from Wednesday border controls were introduced on the section of the border with the Czech Republic, and there are also controls at the Austrian-Slovenian, Austrian-Slovak and Austrian-Hungarian border crossings.
The Austrian Minister of the Interior emphasized:
international cooperation is needed to suppress people-trafficking mafias and the threat of terrorism.
However, people smugglers react quickly to such decisions, if Germany has made the decision to reintroduce border controls, then you can expect people smugglers to transport migrants via bypass routes, which Austria wants to eliminate with its current decision.
Italy also decided in favor of stricter border controls.
From Saturday, there will be increased checks in order to reduce the threat of terrorism.
Among the EU member states, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, as well as Switzerland, have partially reinstated border controls due to increasing migration pressure. (MTVA/Hirado.hu graphics)
Slovenia is tightening the rules from Saturday: the Slovenian-Croatian and Slovenian-Hungarian sections will be monitored for at least ten days. Meanwhile, the terrorist threat level was raised from green to yellow.
“It is clear to even the biggest skeptics that this is no joke, considering what is happening in Israel. There will be many terrorists in the first wave of immigrants from there," said Janez Jansa, president of the Slovenian Democratic Party.
More and more EU countries fear for their security
This is why more and more people are announcing the restoration of border controls every day. Several EU member states introduced this at the beginning of October due to migration pressure, in some it was extended until the beginning of November.
Even the European Union would restore border control. Origo reported that
Brussels would sacrifice the Schengen system to accommodate migrants.
They quote the analysis of Reuters and write: despite the terrorist attack in Brussels, they are defending the migration pact, and they would also force Central European countries, including Hungary, into mandatory resettlement.
Source: hirado.hu / M1
Front page photo: Slovak police officers perform a border check at the border crossing in Somoskõújfalu on October 5, 2023. Slovakia temporarily reinstated border controls on the Hungarian border. MTI/Péter Komka
