- Title: 146 AT COVID-19 Border procedure
- Date: 20th March 2020
- Description:Austria introduces new processes to avoid backlogs at Hungarian border Police stops cars with Romanian and Bulgarian license plate on the highway towards Hungary and reroutes them to a parking lot at Potzneusiedl, around 15 kilometers before the border crossing of Nickelsdorf. The authorities want to prevent long traffic jams as the one Wednesday with nearly 50 kilometers in front of the border crossing. Only between 9 pm until 5 o´clock in the morning citizens from Romania and Bulgaria are allowed to transit Hungary. There is no such agreement for Serbian people, as Serbia as also announced to close the border. Yesterday nearly 500 cars waited at the parking place in Potzneusiedl. Red Cross distributed food and necessities. Austrian authorities expect less people in the next days, as there are also border controls between Austria and Germany. Shotlist Date: March 19th Aerial shots of long traffic jams at the border from March 18th Pan of parking area next to the highway Pan of parking area full of cars and small vans WS of Red Cross booth to distribute food VS of people sitting and waiting More cars
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:20/03/2020
- Decade: 2020s