Germany said Friday it was extending by another half year border controls with Austria, which were reintroduced in several places in the passport-free Schengen zone in response to the migrant influx.

German interior ministry spokeswoman Eleonore Petermann said the new measure would begin on November 12 and apply for six months.

“It is important to say in this context that it is still our aim to return to a Schengen without borders, without border controls,” Petermann told reporters.

Source: AFP