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Interior Minister Karl Nehammer announces the “energetic action”: since Saturday, 1,000 people have been prevented from entering Austria every day.
In his Christmas report, Interior Minister Nehammer speaks of great “challenges with thousands of police operations, the corona pandemic and the terrorist attack in Vienna.” He was “aware, not only from the beginning of my ministerial responsibility”, “the great efforts that the employees of the internal department are making to guarantee the safety of people in Austria”.
Nehammer wanted to take advantage of Christmas to thank his employees for “who care about the well-being and safety of the people in our country 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, even on weekends and holidays.” I know it is not obvious. “At the same time, Nehammer also announces a campaign on Christmas traffic on the Austrian borders.
300,000 border controls
Since last Saturday, more than 300,000 controls have been carried out by police officers at the Austrian borders and 5,000 people have been denied entry into federal territory. Home quarantine was ordered for 10,000 people, according to Nehammer in a broadcast.
Nehammer also offers a perspective of the new year: “For me, therefore, the improvement of the framework conditions in the workplace, the ongoing personnel offensive, modern equipment and additional training measures have the highest priority” . Austria is one of the safest countries in the world. “To ensure that this remains the case, I also trust my employees’ commitment in the new year – for a safe Austria in social peace.”
