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Posted on 02/24/2016 6:49:17 PM PST by Lorianne
The increase to 1,450 soldiers and reservists comes after criticism on Austria last week for saying it would only accept 80 asylum seekers.
Austria said Sunday it is beefing up the army at its borders to deal with the inflow of migrants, with 450 more troops from Monday and military police on standby in case of trouble.
The increase to 1,450 soldiers and reservists comes after Austria drew criticism last week for saying it would only accept 80 asylum seekers and let 3,200 migrants pass through the country per day.
The troops will assist police carrying out checks on people and vehicles entering the country, patrol the "green border" and carry out surveillance work, the defence ministry said.
Also a company of military police based in Salzburg "will be held back to be able to handle violent persons or groups of persons and prevent them crossing the border," the ministry said.
"These forces will be able to deploy all over the country and be brought into action using army helicopters at short notice as the interior ministry requires," it
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