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Austria to Decide on Extension of Border Controls This Week

© REUTERS / Leonhard FoegerAustrian army soldiers observe migrants as they wait to cross the border from the village of Sentilj, Slovenia into Spielfeld in Austria, November 2, 2015
Austrian army soldiers observe migrants as they wait to cross the border from the village of Sentilj, Slovenia into Spielfeld in Austria, November 2, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The Austrian government will decide this week whether or not to extend the country's temporary border controls, according to Karl-Heinz Grundbock, a spokesman for the Austrian Interior Ministry.

A car drives on an empty bridge crossing the border river Inn at the German-Austrian frontier between Braunau and Simbach am Inn near Passau, Germany at dawn November 1, 2015. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Austrian government will decide whether or not to extend the country's temporary border controls amid the ongoing refugee crisis during the course of this week, a spokesman for the Austrian Interior Ministry told Sputnik Monday.

"Decision will be taken this week by the Austrian government," Karl-Heinz Grundbock said, commenting on the plans to further extend the set of emergency measures aimed at containing the massive influx of refugees, mainly from North Africa and the Middle East, to the country.

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