Austria wants to change Schengen border rules

VIENNA: Austrian ministers  said on Thursday that they  want to change the rules governing  Europe’s passport-free  Schengen zone so they can extend  border controls that expire  later this year.  The comments came after  Brussels on Tuesday said that  checks introduced at the  height of the 2015 migrant crisis  by Austria and four other  countries must end by November.  "If the European Commission  is now saying that another  extension of the national border  controls beyond November  is not possible because of legal  reasons, then we need jointly  to adapt the law to ensure that  additional controls are necessary,"  Defence Minister Hans  Peter Doskozil told the Austria  Press Agency. —AFP