Austria building barriers at border

Tensions mount with Germany as influx of refugees continues
Austria building barriers at border

Austria yesterday outlined plans to build barriers including a fence at a busy border crossing to slow an influx of migrants as Germany accused Austrian authorities of shuttling groups of refugees in its direction after dark.

Austria has largely served as a conduit into Germany for hundreds of thousands of Middle Eastern, African and Asian refugees and migrants fleeing wars and hardship who have travelled from the Mediterranean and through the Balkans since early September.

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