Schengen: the beginning of the end? Austria to begin tighter border checks

Euronews - Austria has announced it will introduce quotas to limit the incoming flow of migrants.

The news comes days after the Foreign Ministry said the country was already close to reaching the maximum number it said it would accept this year.

Fears are growing of a potential end to the open-border Schengen zone and the subsequent threat to free travel.

Increased checks are already in place at the busiest crossing, Spielfeld, on the border with Slovenia. Vienna says it will tighten border controls at 12 further points.