correspondent correspondent bastian hot issue is on the german austrian border in the town of kiefer's feldon from way he joins me now best in a big day way you border controls have there been further ages to what exactly is the situation there. yes so as you can see it's really quiet here and that mainly has to do with the fact that the police are no longer checking every single car that wants to cross the border as they did until last night now it's more random controls here every once in a while they fact out a car pull them over to see if they still have if they have a valid reason to cross the border because you still need that so up until yesterday or up until last night those reasons were for example commuters who were commuting for work or german residents who wanted to return home now that's been expanded somewhat and now it also includes people for example who want to visit their loved ones and their families on the other side of the border rebecca yes there's some restriction still in place but largely reopened again what's the significance for those who can cross. right so for a l

correspondent bustin heartache is on the german austrian border in the town of chiefest feldon from where he joins me now boston good to see you it's a big day where you or the border between germany and austria reopened just a few hours ago what's the situation there well as you can see behind me michael this is the tent where the border patrols here are taking border controls here are taking place at the moment there's no car and that's very different to the situation. and police here are telling me that if you look at this lane over here that used to be full with cars until last night now that's changed because police are no longer controlling every car that wants to enter the country now we see one that they've pulled over to check if they have a good reason to enter the country because that's what people still need but now they're only pulling over cars at random so every once in a while they're checking someone. if they country and and if they'll let them through beslan you just made a quick reference to what some of the requirements are and i imagine not everyone can cross what are