The case of the missing 13-year-old, who was able to take the S-Bahn to Salzburg from Freilassing on Monday lunchtime without controls, now raised the question of how she could get to Salzburg unmolested despite Austrian immigration controls. The BGLand24 research showed that there are only random, mobile checks of people entering Salzburg’s main train station; the officials at the main train station inspection are responsible for this.
Freilassing / Salzburg – Compliance with the Austrian quarantine and entry rules is currently underway only at two border crossings Controlled 24 hours a day, at the Walserberg motorway border crossing and at the Saalbrücke between Freilassing and Salzburg. There, random samples are asked about the reason for entry, entry for professional reasons or to visit family members is allowed, but can be made credible. All other border crossings such as Laufen / Oberndorf or Großgmain / Bayerisch Gmain are only Checked by mobile units by the hour, although blue containers were set up, which suggest an originally planned, permanent inspection. However, the police attach great importance to the fact that these are not border controls like in the spring, but a kind Immigration check on behalf of the Ministry of Health.
Also, entry with the S-Bahn from Freilassing or the rail jet is not permanently checked, unlike the controls in March and April. “The officers from the Central Station Inspection go along with that, of course not every S-Bahn and every person entering can be checked, Long-distance trains from Munich are checked regularly“, Said Karin Temel from the Salzburg police. The fact that a 13-year-old may not be checked is also understandable, she could easily have been a student, since schools in Austria also offer emergency care. “If someone arrives on a long-distance train with skis, then they will certainly be asked about the reason for their entry.”
Germans no longer control in Salzburg
The current second wave of the corona pandemic and the current lockdown did not change much at the entry controls to Bavaria by the German Federal Police, the control at Salzburg Central Station was already done Discontinued in mid-March been. Until then, long-distance trains from Salzburg to Munich were under a intergovernmental pre-inspection already checked at Salzburg Central Station and many rejections have already been issued here, although the people were de facto still on Austrian territory. These preliminary controls have been omitted since March, at that time it was said “because of Corona”, why they were not moved back to Salzburg after the end of the full controls and the apparently “good number of infections” in the summer, nobody knows for sure. “The fact is that we have only been checking in Freilassing since March”, so Maximilian Wirz, spokesman for the federal police in Freilassing.
That is, as it will be at the height of the refugee movement in autumn 2015 every long-distance train to Munich stopped in Freilassing and randomly checked. On this occasion, compliance with the current corona entry rules such as digital registration or the mandatory test will be checked on a random basis. Also passengers of the arriving S-Bahn would continue to be checked on a random basis.
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