TAKING A RESTRefugees rest in a parking garage in the main rail station in Salzburg, Austria, on Monday. AFP PHOTO
TAKING A RESTRefugees rest in a parking garage in the main rail station in Salzburg, Austria, on Monday. AFP PHOTO

FREILASSING, Germany: German police were carrying out checks on the Austrian border on Monday following Berlin’s stunning decision to reintroduce passport controls, as a new record migrant surge into Hungary raised the stakes ahead of crunch European Union talks.

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