The Federal Police Inspectorate in Freilassing on the Salzburg border is one of several departments from different police units that carry out their work in the border area with Bavaria: Federal Police, Bavarian Border Police, State Police and also successful curtain searches in the 30 kilometer belt. Not a single official can complain about the lack of capacity utilization there despite the high attendance.
And the major reason for this is illegal smuggling of migrants. Last June, federal police officers in Freilassing alone registered 1,029 illegally entering refugees from 29 smuggling operations uncovered.
Migrants have one thing in common. They all “arrived” from Austria. Like on Monday evening on the A4 in Walserberg, where a Mercedes Vito with Polish registration came up. Even a layman can recognize that the nine-seater car was badly loaded. Apart from the smuggler, a Bulgarian (61), there were 25 other migrants from Turkey and Syria inside the vehicle. In which children are also included.
Just hours earlier, federal police officers had stopped a van with Hungarian registration in the town of Burghausen. Here a Syrian (28) was sitting behind the wheel. In his loading area he carried 20 of his compatriots, men, women and children. The smuggler is now in custody.
Such seizures, which until recently were regularly reported by the executive in Austria, are now either rare or have disappeared from sight. Instead, the dwindling numbers of asylum seekers are now being celebrated.
Bayern were deeply disappointed as they mourned behind closed doors. A suspicion arises: more and more often, smugglers are noticed only by people who could have been noticed long ago. If you looked carefully.
