Austria On Migrant Crisis
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Austrian Minister Calls For Tighter Border Controls For EU Citizens
Austria's interior minister has called for tougher measures to protect the European Union's borders from returning jihadi fighters, Austrian newspaper Oesterreich reported today.
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Reducing Migrants 'Question Of Survival For EU': Austria
Reducing the flow of migrants is a "question of survival" for the European Union, Austria's interior minister said today as she pressed Balkan countries in Vienna to help cut the record influx.
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Austria Turns Away Hundreds Of Migrants For Lying About Nationality
Austria has sent hundreds of migrants back to neighbouring Slovenia in the past three days for lying about their nationality in an apparent attempt to improve their chances of being granted asylum, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Austria to Build Fence on Slovenia Border in New Blow to Schengen Pact
In a new blow to the EU's cherished open-border Schengen accord, Austria announced today it would erect a 3.7-kilometre (2.3-mile) metal fence along its border with Slovenia to better manage a record influx of migrants and refugees.
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Austria Rethinks Asylum Rules as Migrants to Relocate From Greece
Austria sought to tighten asylum rules in the face of a record influx of migrants, hours before the first refugees are set to be relocated from Greece today under a faltering EU plan to ease the burden on southern countries.
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Austria to Build Border Fence, Threatening Schengen Zone
Austria on Wednesday announced plans to build a fence at a major border crossing with fellow EU state Slovenia to "control" the migrant influx, in a blow to the EU's cherished passport-free Schengen zone.
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Thousands March in Vienna to Show Support for Migrants
More than 20,000 people took to the streets in Vienna on Saturday to show support for migrants and reject a recent upswing in support for Austria's right-wing, anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPO).
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Thousands More Migrants Pour into Austria as 13 Drown Off Turkey
Crowded aboard buses and trains, thousands more migrants flooded into Austria on Sunday as at least 13 desperate refugees drowned making the perilous trip to Europe in search of a better life.
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UN Rights Chief Calls Hungary 'Callous, Xenophobic, Anti-Muslim'
Hungary's tough treatment of refugees arriving at its border hoping to find asylum in the European Union has been "xenophobic and anti-Muslim" and at times violated international law, the UN human rights commission chief said on Thursday.
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Austria Plans Border Checks as Thousands Backlogged on Route to Germany
Austria said on Tuesday it would impose new restrictions at its borders from midnight, as the country on the main route for migrants crossing the European Union by land struggled to cope with a backlog of thousands trying to reach Germany.
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Austria Likens Hungarian PM Orban's Refugee Policies to Nazi Deportations
Austria's Chancellor criticised Hungary for its handling of the refugee crisis on Saturday, likening the country's policies to Nazi deportations during the Holocaust as refugees complained of their treatment in the eastern European country.
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Austrian Leader Calls for Emergency European Union Summit on Migrant Crisis
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann called Sunday for an emergency EU summit to resolve the migrant crisis, saying his country's admittance of thousands of refugees crossing from Hungary was just a "temporary" measure.
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Austrian Red Cross Expects 800 to 1,500 Refugees From Hungary in Next Few Hours
Austria's Red Cross said on Saturday it expected between 800 to 1,500 people to arrive in its refugee reception centre of Nickelsdorf at the Hungarian border in the next few hours.
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Standed for Days, Over 1,000 Migrants Leave Budapest Train Station on Foot for Austria
More than 1,000 migrants stranded for days at Budapest's main train station left the building on Friday, intent on walking to the Austrian border, according to an AFP journalist on the scene.
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Austria Foreign Minister Calls for Greater Urgency on Migrant Crisis
Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said European leaders needed to devise a common plan urgently to tackle the wave of migrants arriving in the bloc or risk having more and more countries resorting to their own measures.
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Austrian Minister Calls For Tighter Border Controls For EU Citizens
Austria's interior minister has called for tougher measures to protect the European Union's borders from returning jihadi fighters, Austrian newspaper Oesterreich reported today.
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Reducing Migrants 'Question Of Survival For EU': Austria
Reducing the flow of migrants is a "question of survival" for the European Union, Austria's interior minister said today as she pressed Balkan countries in Vienna to help cut the record influx.
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Austria Turns Away Hundreds Of Migrants For Lying About Nationality
Austria has sent hundreds of migrants back to neighbouring Slovenia in the past three days for lying about their nationality in an apparent attempt to improve their chances of being granted asylum, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Austria to Build Fence on Slovenia Border in New Blow to Schengen Pact
In a new blow to the EU's cherished open-border Schengen accord, Austria announced today it would erect a 3.7-kilometre (2.3-mile) metal fence along its border with Slovenia to better manage a record influx of migrants and refugees.
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Austria Rethinks Asylum Rules as Migrants to Relocate From Greece
Austria sought to tighten asylum rules in the face of a record influx of migrants, hours before the first refugees are set to be relocated from Greece today under a faltering EU plan to ease the burden on southern countries.
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Austria to Build Border Fence, Threatening Schengen Zone
Austria on Wednesday announced plans to build a fence at a major border crossing with fellow EU state Slovenia to "control" the migrant influx, in a blow to the EU's cherished passport-free Schengen zone.
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Thousands March in Vienna to Show Support for Migrants
More than 20,000 people took to the streets in Vienna on Saturday to show support for migrants and reject a recent upswing in support for Austria's right-wing, anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPO).
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Thousands More Migrants Pour into Austria as 13 Drown Off Turkey
Crowded aboard buses and trains, thousands more migrants flooded into Austria on Sunday as at least 13 desperate refugees drowned making the perilous trip to Europe in search of a better life.
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UN Rights Chief Calls Hungary 'Callous, Xenophobic, Anti-Muslim'
Hungary's tough treatment of refugees arriving at its border hoping to find asylum in the European Union has been "xenophobic and anti-Muslim" and at times violated international law, the UN human rights commission chief said on Thursday.
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Austria Plans Border Checks as Thousands Backlogged on Route to Germany
Austria said on Tuesday it would impose new restrictions at its borders from midnight, as the country on the main route for migrants crossing the European Union by land struggled to cope with a backlog of thousands trying to reach Germany.
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Austria Likens Hungarian PM Orban's Refugee Policies to Nazi Deportations
Austria's Chancellor criticised Hungary for its handling of the refugee crisis on Saturday, likening the country's policies to Nazi deportations during the Holocaust as refugees complained of their treatment in the eastern European country.
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Austrian Leader Calls for Emergency European Union Summit on Migrant Crisis
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann called Sunday for an emergency EU summit to resolve the migrant crisis, saying his country's admittance of thousands of refugees crossing from Hungary was just a "temporary" measure.
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Austrian Red Cross Expects 800 to 1,500 Refugees From Hungary in Next Few Hours
Austria's Red Cross said on Saturday it expected between 800 to 1,500 people to arrive in its refugee reception centre of Nickelsdorf at the Hungarian border in the next few hours.
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Standed for Days, Over 1,000 Migrants Leave Budapest Train Station on Foot for Austria
More than 1,000 migrants stranded for days at Budapest's main train station left the building on Friday, intent on walking to the Austrian border, according to an AFP journalist on the scene.
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Austria Foreign Minister Calls for Greater Urgency on Migrant Crisis
Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said European leaders needed to devise a common plan urgently to tackle the wave of migrants arriving in the bloc or risk having more and more countries resorting to their own measures.
