(Reuters) Germany is extending border checks at crossings from Austria for six months from November given a recent rise in the number of migrants arriving via the Western Balkans route, German interior minister Nancy Faeser said on Tuesday.
“Significantly more people are coming to Europe, and that worries me,” Faeser said following a meeting with German state and municipal leaders about how to cope with the rise in numbers.
She said that Austria and the Czech Republic had agreed to check people crossing the border from Slovakia as well.
The Western Balkan route remains the most active migratory route into the European Union, border agency Frontex said last month, with a 141% increase in detections in August to 15,900.
