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Austrian mountain rescuers have saved a Syrian teen found injured and suffering from severe hypothermia, they said Tuesday, as new smuggling routes are being used to avoid stepped-up border controls in central Europe. Central European countries stepped up border controls last year as the numbers of migrants and asylum seekers crossing into the EU has risen. This has led to new smuggling routes to be used. Rescuers on Sunday airlifted the 14-year-old found “severely hypothermic and barely reactive” at 1,200 metres (3,900 feet) altitude in “partly snowy, steep, wet and densely wooded terrain”. A…

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