'Unacceptable': European neighbours react to German border controls

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Poland has deemed Germany's decision to implement border controls 'unacceptable,' while Austria has announced that it will not accept any migrants who are turned back.

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00:00Neighboring countries are expressing criticism following Germany's decision to set up temporary

00:06controls at all of its land borders.

00:08The decision, which expanded checks already in place at some borders, aims to curb irregular

00:14migration according to German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser.

00:18Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the action was unacceptable from the Polish point

00:23of view, adding that the decision means the suspension of the Schengen zone on a large

00:27scale.

00:28We will return in the next few hours to other countries that will be affected by Berlin's

00:35decisions, and we will have urgent consultations on the action at the European Forum on this

00:43issue.

00:44Austria's Interior Minister Gerhard Körner said Germany's decision was illegal and that

00:48Austria would not accept migrants rejected by Germany.

00:52However, he also said he was glad that Germany was addressing what he said was the major

00:58problem of illegal migration in Europe.

01:02It is unacceptable when illegal things happen.

01:05We live in a legal state, and if Germany is planned, then it is illegal in this way.

01:09Therefore, we will not accept anyone, we will not take anyone back.

01:13There is no room for play here.

01:15The temporary controls at all German borders sparked a fierce debate about whether refugees

01:21could be turned back.

01:23Russian is dominating German political discourse about asylum and migration policy.

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