Italy revives border checks

Italy temporarily reinstated border patrols at the frontier with Austria on the 2 September 2015. The move followed an appeal from the southern German state of Bavaria, which had registered around 2,500 new refugees on the 1 September 2015, with a total of almost 4,300 new arrivals in the week.

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EUObserver, 02.09.15: Italy imposes Austria border controls 'for next few days' https://euobserver.com/justice/130087

The Local.it, 02.09.15: Italy ready to impose Austria border controls http://www.thelocal.it/20150902/italy-ready-to-impose-border-controls

Deutsche Welle, 02.09.15: Munich sees massive impromptu help for refugees http://dw.com/p/1GPos

ESO: Background information: Italy counts 90,000 sea migrant arrivals so far this year http://www.europeansources.info/record/italy-counts-90000-sea-migrant-arrivals-so-far-this-year/

European Parliament: Newsroom: Press Release, 27.08.15: Migration: MEPs call for more EU solidarity on visit to reception centres in Sicily http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20150717STO83410/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

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