Conservative Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz opposed the admission of more people leaving Afghanistan after the Taliban came to power, Reuters reports.
Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – August 22, 2021 – International News
As the European Union tries to decide what to do with the Afghans, Kurz said Austria would not accept more refugees.
“I am against us taking more people voluntarily now, and this will not happen during my tenure as chancellor,” Kurz said. “I do not think we should accept more people. On the contrary.”
Kurz went on to say, “Austria has made a disproportionate contribution,” he added, referring to a large number of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers already in the country.
According to Kurtz, people fleeing Afghanistan should remain in the region, adding that neighboring Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have accepted only 14,000 and 13,000 Afghan refugees, respectively.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, there are more than 40,000 Afghan refugees in Austria, the second largest community in Europe after Germany, with 148,000 refugees.
By the way, the population of Austria is nine times smaller than in Germany. Austria is also a neutral country and not a member of NATO.
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Source: Ukrgate
