EUROPE-MIGRANTS/AUSTRIA HUNGARY BORDER Long queues of trucks build up at Austria-Hungary border as police tighten checks

Record ID: 140597

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/AUSTRIA HUNGARY BORDER Long queues of trucks build up at Austria-Hungary border as police tighten checks
  • Date: 31st August 2015
  • Summary: NICKELSDORF BORDER POINT, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY BORDER (AUGUST 31, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS VIEWS OF TRUCKS QUEUED AS THEY TRY TO ENTER AUSTRIA FROM HUNGARY (VIEW FROM HUNGARIAN SIDE OF BORDER) VARIOUS OF POLICE STOPPING GREEK LORRY AND CHECKING INSIDE THE BACK OF IT
  • Embargoed: 15th September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Austria
  • Country: Austria
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVABRKXVWOAL5NTATHZIU8RGW080
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A Hungarian motorway leading to Austria was jammed for 20 kilometres (12 miles) on Monday morning (August 31) as Austrian authorities tightened controls on vehicles that could be used for human trafficking.
    Besides the M1 motorway, a secondary main road was also jammed, state road operator Magyar Kozut told MTI news agency.
    At the Nickelsdorf border crossing with Hungary, drivers were seen opening the backs of their trucks as Austrian policemen inspected the inside.
    Over the past three days, police have caught 8,792 migrants crossing into Hungary, most of them from Serbia.
    Hungarian police said on Sunday they had arrested a fifth suspect in connection with the deaths of 71 migrants whose bodies were found in an abandoned refrigeration lorry on a highway in Austria last week.
    Over the past three days, Hungarian police said they had caught 8,792 migrants crossing into the country, most of them from Serbia.
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