Border checks stepped up after Austria truck deaths

Trucks stand in a queue along a highway near the Austrian border in Hegyeshalom, Hungary, August 31, 2015. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

Independent.ie Newsdesk

Austria has stepped up inspections at its Hungarian border after 71 migrants were found suffocated in a truck.

The increased security measures created a 30-km (18 mile) traffic jam on the main Budapest-Vienna highway.