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Sunday, April 3, 2016

Austrian police clash with people protesting border closure

[Police officers try to stopp protesters on their way in the village of Brenner on the Italian-Austrian border, Sunday, April 3, 2016. Austria's defense minister said his country will deploy soldiers at a key Alpine pass to stop migrants arriving from Italy. Hans Peter Doskozil told German daily Die Welt that the move anticipates a shift in migrant flows from the Turkey-Greece route to the central Mediterranean. In an interview published Saturday, the newspaper quotes Doskozil saying that the military can provide "considerable support to border security" at the Brenner pass. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)]BERLIN (AP) — Austrian police have clashed with protesters demonstrating against the closure of Europe's borders to migrants.


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