AlHijjah 15, 1436, September 29, 2015, SPA -- Austria may have to use force to ease any backlog of migrants if Germany decided to no longer let them enter via their shared border, but will continue to work closely with its neighbour to expedite the flow, the Vienna government said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. Germany has re-imposed border controls and curbed rail traffic from Austria in an effort to slow an influx of migrants, thousands of whom reach its territory daily. By contrast, Austria is largely letting migrants stream onto its soil from Hungary unhindered and shuttling them towards Germany. Asked by a reporter what would happen if Germany "seals the border", Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner said: "Then there will be a massive backlog here in Austria and therefore here we quickly need a European answer. "Otherwise there will consequently be only two possibilities: either we carry on as until now, or there will be strict controls at the borders," she told reporters before a cabinet meeting. "But then we must presume that images of force will emerge, that the use of force will be necessary."
