Turkey- Germany to begin imposing border controls

9/14/2015 3:26:39 AM

(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Germany will impose temporary controls on its borders in an attempt to contain the refugee influx officials said.

“Germany at the moment is introducing temporary border controls at its borders” German Interior Minister Thomas De Maiziere said Sunday during a press conference in Berlin. “The focus will be on the border with Austria for now” he said.

De Maiziere said that the aim of the border control measures is to limit the flow of people into the country andensure orderly entries.

The European Commission said Sunday that the new measures are not in violation of the Schengen agreement which guarantees free movement between member states for EU citizens.

The German minister said that a special meeting ofEUhome affairs ministers to be held on Sept. 14 would discuss the potential creation of refugee centers or “hot spots” in Italy Greece and Hungary.

Europe which is facing what is described as the worst refugee crisis in the continent since the World War II recently decided to accept up to 140000refugees.

But the U.N.'srefugeeagency said recently that at least 850000 people are expected to cross the Mediterranean this year and in 2016.

Tens of thousands of refugees are fleeing their war-torn countries especially Syria Iraq and Libya and heading Europe risking their lives while crossing the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy or from Turkey to Greece.

The Amnesty International has said that the route which seesrefugees and migrants cross from Turkey to Greece before heading through Macedonia and Serbia to EU-member Hungary may be less perilous than the Mediterranean crossing from Libya but still carries a high degree of risk.

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