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Germany Suspends Train Service From Austria Amid Migrant Influx

© REUTERS / Kai PfaffenbachA security official of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) prevents migrants to disembark from their train at the main railway station in Frankfurt, Germany, September 13, 2015
A security official of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) prevents migrants to disembark from their train at the main railway station in Frankfurt, Germany, September 13, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Germany suspended train service from Austria for 24 hours and the situation with the trains going in the other direction is unclear, according to media reports.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Germany suspended train service from Austria for 24 hours on Sunday amid a major migrant influx, local media reported, citing an Austrian railways spokesperson.

The situation with the trains going in the other direction is unclear, the Bild newspaper reported.

A policeman uses binoculars to secure the area on the Ederkanzel viewing platform near Mittenwald at the German-Austrian border on June 3, 2015 - Sputnik International
Refugee Crisis Prompts Berlin to Reinstate Controls at Border With Austria
The statement came as local media reported that Berlin is set to reintroduce controls at the border with Austria.

Germany has said it expects 800,000 asylum seekers to reach the country this year, while 13,000 migrants from war-torn regions of the Middle East and North Africa arrived in the German city of Munich on Saturday alone.

Interior ministers from the EU’s 28 states will meet in Brussels on Monday. They will discuss a plan set out last week by Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the European Commission, to redistribute 160,000 asylum seekers across the bloc.

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