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Austria deploys army to boost refugee checks, Slovakia brings back border controls:

The Austrian army has been sent to assist in introducing tougher border checks amid the growing migrant crisis, Reuters cited the country's vice-chancellor as saying. Ref. Source 1w

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Bodies of dozens of migrants found in truck on Austrian road

Austrian police tell media that up to 50 migrants have been found dead in a truck on a highway leading from the Hungarian border. The vehicle was parked on the shoulder. Ref. USAToday

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'There was a terrible smell of death'

THE decomposed bodies of up to 50 migrants have been found in a truck dumped on the side of an Austrian highway by a gang of people smugglers. Ref. Source 6g

Immigration Austria

Austrian police say 71 dead in abandoned truck

Austrian police said Friday the raised death toll from a van that was found abandoned on the side of a highway near Vienna on Thursday includes 59 men, eight women and four children, one of them an infant. Investigators previously said 50 bodies were recovered from the truck that traveled to Austria from Hungary, almost certainly filled with migrants. Ref. USAToday

Immigration Austria

15-mile backup as Austria inspects trucks

Austria tightened border controls on Monday in a new operation aimed at cracking down on human traffickers after 71 migrants died in a food truck near Vienna last week. Ref. Source 5d

Austria Immigration

There is always a buzz after a tragic even but its not realistic ro maintain these searches for long periods of time so it will return to normal after a couple of weeks and the containers of immigrants will start running again.

Austria Immigration

Austria turns away hundreds of migrants for lying about nationality:

Austria has sent hundreds of migrants back to neighboring Slovenia in the past three days for lying about their nationality in an apparent attempt to improve their chances of being granted asylum, a police spokesman said on Tuesday. Ref. Source 9q