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Austria's Kurz seeks stronger EU borders, spurns refugee distribution

Vienna

EU asylum reform should mainly focus on protecting the bloc's external borders, the fight against people smugglers and on local aid to prevent migration flows to Europe, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says. On the other hand, the conservative politician rejects distribution concepts that would oblige countries to take in refugees.