Washington Times

Migrants flood through EU open borders

Traiskirchen, Austria —

Thousands of asylum seekers are on the move across Europe as a result of a new relaxation of internal border controls. — Last month’s expansion of a system intended to make it easier for European Union citizens to move among member countries has led to a dramatic rise in illegal aliens.

Some politicians are demanding that the borders once again be closed. Harald Vilimsky, secretary-general of the Austrian Freedom Party, said there had been an “avalanche of asylum seekers,” mainly from Russian-speaking countries.

Gerald Grosz, of the Alliance for the Future of Austria party, said the government was turning Austria into “an El Dorado for fake asylum applicants and criminals.” HERE.