On Wednesday, Austrian and Greek heads of government Sebastian Kurz and Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that they will take more drastic measures against illegal immigration.
“Greece as a country on the external border of the EU and Austria as a ‘target country’ will continue their work to develop a common and effective European policy on these issues”, – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a comment to the Österreichischer Rundfunk on Wednesday.
All potential illegal immigrants should be sent a clear message about restrictive migration policies. It is a question of destroying the business model of smugglers and preventing the death of asylum seekers in the Mediterranean Sea, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz added.