Die bauliche Maßnahme

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In early 2016, Austrian politicians become fearful. They are afraid of the “refugee invasion”, which is on its way via the Balkan route into the European Union. Preventive and populist measures are taken or at least considered. Ironically, it is on the Brenner pass, a geo-ethno-politically highly sensitive border, which has always been fairly open, that a fence is to be erected. Austrian documentary filmmaker Geyrhalter walks along the Brenner pass, to and fro between North and South Tyrol, between Austria and Italy, talking to hunters, ski hut managers, Senegalese construction workers, dairy transporters and organic farmers.