Austria 'to build fence' at Italy border crossing

Austria may build a border fence at a crossing with Italy, a provincial police chief has said.

The 400m fence would be located at the Brenner crossing in Tyrol, the Tiroler Tageszeitung newspaper reported.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said closing the Brenner pass would go "shamelessly" against European law as well the continent's past and future.

The suggestion comes days after Austria's far right came top in the first round of a presidential election,

Tirolean police chief Helmut Tomac told a news conference that the proposed border fence would depend on Italy's willingness to co-operate.

Austria has already started work at the crossing to enable controls to be implemented if the numbers of migrants arriving there increase.

Measures would include searches of trucks and private cars travelling on the main highway and checks on trains...
 BBC
27/4/16