Austria to build Slovenia border fence to 'control' migrant flow

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Source: AFP

Vienna (AFP) - Austria will build a fence along its border with fellow EU member Slovenia to slow down the migrant flow, Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner said Wednesday.

Both countries are part of the passport-free Schengen zone and have been key transit countries for tens of thousands of refugees and migrants desperately seeking to reach northern Europe via the Balkans.

"This is about ensuring an orderly, controlled entry into our country, not about shutting down the border," she told public broadcaster Oe1.

The politician of the conservative OeVP party added that the situation risked escalating as people were forced to wait in freezing temperatures for hours before being allowed to cross from one nation into another.

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[malthaussen]

1. They're all mad

What is with the fences, already? Ask China how the Great Wall worked out sometime.

-- Mal

[CJCRANE]

2. They're not mad. There are literally millions of people headed for Europe

with thousands flowing in every day.

They're from places all over Africa and Asia.

Only about 20% are from Syria, and about 80% are men.

It's out of control and without defined borders it's impossible to register them.