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Saturday, April 16, 2016

Austria's Faymann says Germany should consider transit visas

[Men stage a peaceful demonstration at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni]ZURICH (Reuters) - Germany should consider using transit visas to help deal with the rush of refugees coming into Europe, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann told the Kurier paper. In an interview published on Saturday, Faymann proposed that "Germany, if it's ready to take in refugees in large numbers, issues transit visa for refugees at the external EU border or outside of the European Union". "That is the only possibility in order to prevent uncontrolled entry," he added. ...


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