In the course of a twelve-hour focused action on the eastern borders in Burgenland, the domestic investigators caught a total of 266 illegally entered migrants and seven people smugglers.
Significantly and alarmingly increasing numbers of asylum applications and arrests of illegal migrants (The “Krone” reported in detail) are among other things the reason why the domestic executive on the night of Friday at the eastern border of the country – currently the main entry route in terms of illegal migration – to ” Action sharp”. And so more than 870 officials were sent into the fight in the course of the focus action against illegal human trafficking. Less than half an hour after the start of the operation, the first “success” could be reported: on the Hungarian side, a Ukrainian trafficker with four illegal migrants in the vehicle was stopped by the uniformed officers. “The close cooperation with the Hungarian police is an important cornerstone in the Fight against people smuggling and illegal migration. Since the beginning of the year alone, the joint patrols on Hungarian soil have led to the arrest of almost 130 people smugglers and the detention of more than 1,500 refugees,” said Interior Minister Gerhard Karner during his flying visit to the start of the priority campaign at the border crossing in Nickelsdorf in Burgenland. Local investigators stopped 266 Migrants A little later, a Polish driver who had 13 refugees in his illegal luggage was caught at the border crossing in Nickelsdorf. Almost at the same time, two suspected smugglers from North Macedonia were pulled out of circulation by the officials near Fertöszentmiklos. The duo wanted to transport eight Afghan migrants to Austria. And the wave of arrests continued into the early hours of the morning: Within the officially scheduled twelve hours alone, local investigators were able to stop no fewer than 266 illegal immigrants before or after our border. 50 new ones Officials at the EU external border “In addition, there were a total of seven suspected smugglers, who the officials could handcuff twice on red-white-red ground and five times on Hungarian territory. “The key operations with our Hungarian colleagues will be continued consistently! In addition, from the end of July, 50 Austrian police officers will help secure the EU’s external border on the Hungarian-Serbian border,” said Interior Minister Gerhard Karner.
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