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Austria Offers Macedonia Troops to Reinforce Border Control
Sputnik News ^ | 24 February 2016

Posted on 02/24/2016 6:51:00 PM PST by Lorianne

Austria has proposed sending its soldiers to Macedonia to strengthen Macedonian borders amid the refugee influx, Austrian Defense Minister Hans Peter Doskozil said Wednesday.

Austria has earlier placed daily limits on the number of people entering their territory and the number of asylum applications.

"Austria is in favor of strengthening border controls along the "Balkan route' and offers support for Macedonia in the form of troops," Doskozil said before a meeting with the ministers of the Balkan countries, as quoted by Der Spiegel magazine.

A ministerial conference on the migrant crisis is taking place on Wednesday in Vienna with the leaders of Western Balkan states in attendance.

(Excerpt) Read more at sputniknews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: austria; europeanunion; hanspeterdoskozil; macedonia; nato

1 posted on 02/24/2016 6:51:00 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Why don’t they just let anyone who wants in just walk in?
What’s the big deal?


2 posted on 02/24/2016 6:52:39 PM PST by jessduntno (The mind of a liberal...deceit, desire for control, greed, contradiction and fueled by hate.)
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To: Lorianne

Hey COME HERE!!!


3 posted on 02/24/2016 6:54:08 PM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: Lorianne

Sounds like Europe is starting to wake up.


4 posted on 02/24/2016 6:55:07 PM PST by Ken H
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To: jessduntno

Yeah I don’t get it either.
Bunch of racists


5 posted on 02/24/2016 6:57:10 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Just build a corridor to Merkel’s Haus.


6 posted on 02/24/2016 6:59:47 PM PST by Paladin2
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Folks, if you're reading this, you know what needs to happen.
If you can, please support the forum at this time. Thank you.

7 posted on 02/24/2016 7:12:49 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: Lorianne

That’s not very Christian of them!

Sincerely,
Dopey Pope


8 posted on 02/24/2016 7:16:03 PM PST by Longdriver69
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9 posted on 02/24/2016 7:18:26 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: Lorianne

Australia stepping in to fill the vacuum left by the USA under Obama?


10 posted on 02/24/2016 7:18:29 PM PST by Iron Munro (Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth -- Mike Tyson)
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To: Iron Munro

Pretty sure the article was about Austria lending troops to Macedonia.

I don’t think Australia was in there heh.


11 posted on 02/25/2016 4:03:05 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf; Petrosius

Yeah - I knew that.

Sometimes the fingers just take off and do crazy stuff on their own!


12 posted on 02/25/2016 5:45:40 AM PST by Iron Munro (Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth -- Mike Tyson)
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To: Iron Munro

That’s usually how I explain it to the wife too heh.


13 posted on 02/25/2016 11:14:34 AM PST by Bulwyf
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