Brenner controls if flow from south (2)

(ANSAmed) - Berlin, May 4 - The Austrian interior ministry on Wednesday said it would introduce new controls at the Brenner Pass with Italy if the migrant flow from the south rises, the APA agency reported. The European Commission earlier authorised the extension of Austrian border controls with Hungary and Slovenia, a measure from which Italy is excluded. A ministry spokesman said that Vienna sees in the EC decision "a confirmation of the measures hitherto taken" and "no obstacle to new measures at the border with Italy, should the situation change". Austria has threatened to erect a border fence at the Brenner Pass if the flow of migrants and asylum seekers through Italy from North Africa increases, as it is expected to do.
    Italy and Austria last week agreed that the fence should not go up, for now.