is able to impose identification checks at Brennero on the border with after receiving a request from Germany for assist in easing the stream of migrants into Bavaria, the northern province of Bolzano stated on Wednesday.

Rome was able to “reactivate” controls simply because it did for the G7 in June, as “a short lived measure to permit Bavaria to reorganise and face the emergency”, a press release from the province stated.

Bolzano, within the German-speaking Alto Adige area in northern Italy, stated Bavaria had requested for “logistical help”.

“Bavaria is witnessing report arrivals of refugees, primarily by way of the Balkan route, which is creating an unmanageable state of affairs,” the province stated, including that efforts have been underway “to seek out new buildings and cope instantly with the exponential progress within the variety of migrants”.