I see Austria's migrant welcome has turned a bit frosty with troops now being mobilised to prevent them crossing into the country from Italy. Wasn't that long ago that Austria was being lauded by some around here as some sort of role model for migrant welfare...
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The Austrian military is preparing to stop migrants coming from Italy amid sharpening rhetoric ahead of elections.
Seven hundred and fifty soldiers, including Pandur armoured vehicles, stand ready to go to the Austrian-Italian border at 72 hours notice, Austria’s defence minister, Hanspeter Doskozil, told the Kronen Zeitung newspaper, an Austrian daily, on Monday (3 July).
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https://euobserver.com/migration/138425