Austria’s Kurz says he opposes taking in any more Afghans
Austria's conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz opposes taking in any more people fleeing Afghanistan now that the Taliban have seized power, he said in remarks published on Sunday.
Austria took in more than one per cent of its population in asylum seekers during Europe's migration crisis
in 2015 and 2016, and Kurz has built his career on taking a hard line
on immigration, winning every parliamentary election since 2017.
While the European Union grapples with what to do with Afghans who assisted it over the past 20 years, Kurz said coming to Austria was not an option.
