Der Standard reported the Austrian Chancellor held a telephone conversation with Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, in which the pair agreed that the situation with migrants being ferried across the Mediterranean was not sustainable.
"We are both of the opinion that the EU cannot just allow every ship to dock," said Kurtz, urging other nations in the bloc to close their ports to boats carrying illegal immigrants.
According to a statement from Austria's Federal Chancellery published Sunday, the Conservative head of state said migrant-laden vessels should be stopped at the EU's external border, and asylum seekers either returned to their country of origin or delivered to a safe third country on mainland Africa.
The discussion between the two leaders came amidst a fresh row between Malta and Italy over migrants, with Italian Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli calling for sanctions on the tiny island nation over its refusal to open "Its ports to solidarity" and take in rescue boats.
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said the nation "Will be forced to take action that would end the trafficking business forever," if Malta refused to take responsibility over a batch of 177 migrants stuck on the Diciotti vessel, adding: "That means escorting people back to Libya".
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiลก urged Europe to send a strong message showing the continent's doors have closed, declaring: "We must make it clear that the security of our people is the highest priority for us".
"When I said that we would not take even one illegal immigrant, that is what happened."
https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/20/leaders-demand-eu-border-shutdown/
"We are both of the opinion that the EU cannot just allow every ship to dock," said Kurtz, urging other nations in the bloc to close their ports to boats carrying illegal immigrants.
According to a statement from Austria's Federal Chancellery published Sunday, the Conservative head of state said migrant-laden vessels should be stopped at the EU's external border, and asylum seekers either returned to their country of origin or delivered to a safe third country on mainland Africa.
The discussion between the two leaders came amidst a fresh row between Malta and Italy over migrants, with Italian Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli calling for sanctions on the tiny island nation over its refusal to open "Its ports to solidarity" and take in rescue boats.
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said the nation "Will be forced to take action that would end the trafficking business forever," if Malta refused to take responsibility over a batch of 177 migrants stuck on the Diciotti vessel, adding: "That means escorting people back to Libya".
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiลก urged Europe to send a strong message showing the continent's doors have closed, declaring: "We must make it clear that the security of our people is the highest priority for us".
"When I said that we would not take even one illegal immigrant, that is what happened."
https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/20/leaders-demand-eu-border-shutdown/
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