Accept refugees? SPÖ presses, Kurz is against



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The regional president of the SP Upper Austria, Birgit Gerstorfer, is clearly in favor of accepting refugees from Moria. “The will to welcome the people fleeing the barrel bombs is there,” she said from her office. Since March, there has been an alliance “Mayors with a heart” in Upper Austria, made up of community leaders who are willing to offer families and children from Greek camps a space in their communities.

The Governor of Carinthia, Peter Kaiser (SPÖ), also repeated on his podcast that he was in favor of admission: “No one can be indifferent to what is happening in Moria.” He said that applying humanity was essential.

Doskozil against it

At the moment there is talk of Austria welcoming 140 young people: “That will probably be feasible.”

The mayor of Vienna, Michael Ludwig, has already spoken in favor of taking in the children of Moria.

Briefly against

Burgenland Governor Hans Peter Doskozil is against admission and has received much praise from the ÖVP. Their boss, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, also allowed the main committee of the National Council to reject on Monday all demands from the SPÖ and Neos to accept at least minors.

Austria’s position for the next special EU summit later this week was debated in the main committee.

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