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sebastian kurz has promised to make the fight against illegal migration a major priority for austria'scy. he's welcomed the deal that was reached earlier this week in brussels, but he says now it's a question of trying to implement that quickly. but there is still quite a bit of confusion about the details of this. eu leaders have agreed to set up asylum processing centres. it's not clear in which countries those will be or how quickly they can be brought into being. what sebastian kurz has said is that he wants to shift the focus from repatriating asylum seekers within eu countries to strengthening europe's outer borders, but there are still a great number of differences as to the best way of dealing with that, and germany in particular has tried to strike up agreements with 14 eu countries to repatriate some of those asylum seekers. this is a complex political problem for the eu, and there are a great many disagreements about it still. but it has to be said that while the problem is political, the number of migrants who are reaching europe at the moment has dropped significantly sinc
sebastian kurz has promised to make the fight against illegal migration a major priority for austria'scy. he's welcomed the deal that was reached earlier this week in brussels, but he says now it's a question of trying to implement that quickly. but there is still quite a bit of confusion about the details of this. eu leaders have agreed to set up asylum processing centres. it's not clear in which countries those will be or how quickly they can be brought into being. what sebastian kurz has...
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sebastian kurz has promised to make the fight against illegal migration a major priority for austria'ss reached earlier this week in brussels, but he says now it's a question of trying to implement that quickly. but there is still quite a bit of confusion about the details of this. eu leaders have agreed to set up asylum processing centres. it's not clear in which countries those will be or how quickly they can be brought into being. what sebastian kurz has said is that he wants to shift the focus from repatriating asylum seekers within eu countries to strengthening europe's outer borders, but there are still a great number of differences as to the best way of dealing with that, and germany in particular has tried to strike up agreements with 1a eu countries to repatriate some of those asylum seekers. this is a complex political problem for the eu, and there are a great many disagreements about it still. but it has to be said that while the problem is political, the number of migrants who are reaching europe at the moment has dropped significantly since the migrant crisis of 2015—16. t
sebastian kurz has promised to make the fight against illegal migration a major priority for austria'ss reached earlier this week in brussels, but he says now it's a question of trying to implement that quickly. but there is still quite a bit of confusion about the details of this. eu leaders have agreed to set up asylum processing centres. it's not clear in which countries those will be or how quickly they can be brought into being. what sebastian kurz has said is that he wants to shift the...
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if i ma elaborate here a little further, because it is what we have said and what chancellor sebastian kurz want to tackle the issue of illegal migration, and i really would like to highlight illegal, because you are simply speaking about migration. we have various ways of legal migration coming to austria. we have taken up a high number of political asylum seekers, not only over the last years, but it's a tradition in austria ever since 1956, we do it in 1968 during the prague spring, etcetera, but we are saying we do not believe that a simple distribution of people who have come from which ever parts can be redistributed according to a quota system and this is the magic bullet, the silver bullet solution, that, we say... chancellor kurz. .. ..that you have to think in a border way. yeah. chancellor kurz is, of course, very aware that austria is soon going to assume the presidency of the european council. and he has suggested that we need to fundamentally shift our approach, that is the eu's approach to the migration challenge. some in your country, including the interior minister, have ta
if i ma elaborate here a little further, because it is what we have said and what chancellor sebastian kurz want to tackle the issue of illegal migration, and i really would like to highlight illegal, because you are simply speaking about migration. we have various ways of legal migration coming to austria. we have taken up a high number of political asylum seekers, not only over the last years, but it's a tradition in austria ever since 1956, we do it in 1968 during the prague spring,...
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austria's bleeder, sebastian kurz of the conservatives, says he is making the fight against illegal migrationne of the priorities for austria's upcoming eu presidency and he's taking a tough line. he wants to shift the focus from relocating asylu m shift the focus from relocating asylum seekers inside the eu to strengthening the eu's out a borders. he wants to set up asylum centres outside the eu and to give the eu's border agency a tougher mandate. during the migrant crisis of 2015 and 16, austria took in about 1% of its population. but these days asylum applications have dropped dramatically. bethany bell, in vienna, ending the viewpoint from some of our correspondence based in europe. —— correspondents. joining me now from brussels is marie de somer, head of the european migration and diversity programme. i hope you could hear that, some of oui’ i hope you could hear that, some of our correspondents outlining the challenges facing european leaders at the moment. given the divisions in europe, how hopeful are you that they can come up with a solution at this summit? i'm not very hopeful. th
austria's bleeder, sebastian kurz of the conservatives, says he is making the fight against illegal migrationne of the priorities for austria's upcoming eu presidency and he's taking a tough line. he wants to shift the focus from relocating asylu m shift the focus from relocating asylum seekers inside the eu to strengthening the eu's out a borders. he wants to set up asylum centres outside the eu and to give the eu's border agency a tougher mandate. during the migrant crisis of 2015 and 16,...
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on thursday the right—wing austrian chancellor, sebastian kurz, willjoin leaders of four central europeanthening the eu's external borders. let's get get a snapshot from some our correspondents across europe on how different countries are responding to the migration challenge. in recent years, more than 500,000 migrants have made it here to italy. many of them passed through this, rome's main train and bus station, on their way to the rest of the continent. italy's new populist government is now taking tough action. it has already closed its ports to foreign—flagged rescue boats, it now demands that the rest of the eu share the migration burden, and in the long run, it wants to shut down for good the migration route across the mediterranean. here in budapest, the hungarian parliament has just voted to create a new criminal offence. it is called facilitating illegal immigration, and it targets human rights groups which work with asylum seekers. the government argues that it is necessary in order to prevent hungary from becoming what it calls an immigrant country. from now on, human rights
on thursday the right—wing austrian chancellor, sebastian kurz, willjoin leaders of four central europeanthening the eu's external borders. let's get get a snapshot from some our correspondents across europe on how different countries are responding to the migration challenge. in recent years, more than 500,000 migrants have made it here to italy. many of them passed through this, rome's main train and bus station, on their way to the rest of the continent. italy's new populist government is...
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speaking at a handover ceremony in the alps, the austrian chancellor, sebastian kurz, seen here in theonth tenure will be "a europe that protects". the european council president, donald tusk told the gathering, that security should not come at the expense of freedom. mr kurz leads a coalition which includes a far—right party. he's in favour of establishing asylum centres outside the eu and strengthening the bloc‘s external borders. there's been a surge in uk citizens acquiring the nationality of another eu country, since the brexit referendum, that's according to data obtained by the bbc from 17 eu member states. the rise is thought to be down to britons, who meet the criteria, seeking to keep the legal rights attached to european union membership. matt cole reports. it's two years since this moment. the eu referendum and victory for the leave campaign. since then, there has been a big rise in the number of uk citizens getting new nationalities. in 2017, 12,994 uk citizens obtained the nationality of one of the 17 member states from which the bbc has received figures. this compares wi
speaking at a handover ceremony in the alps, the austrian chancellor, sebastian kurz, seen here in theonth tenure will be "a europe that protects". the european council president, donald tusk told the gathering, that security should not come at the expense of freedom. mr kurz leads a coalition which includes a far—right party. he's in favour of establishing asylum centres outside the eu and strengthening the bloc‘s external borders. there's been a surge in uk citizens acquiring...
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speaking at a handover ceremony in the alps, the austrian chancellor, sebastian kurz, seen here in themonth tenure will be "a europe that protects". the european council president, donald tusk, told the gathering, that security should not come at the expense of freedom. mr kurz, who is 31, leads a coalition which includes a far—right party. he's in favour of establishing asylum centres outside the eu and strengthening the bloc‘s external borders. going to the theatre is supposed to be an immersive experience, but a new production in south wales is taking that idea to another level. it's called "splish splash" and is designed for children with complex learning needs. it's currently touring special schools and hospitals and huw thomas has been to see it. at this special school in neath, the children are being immersed in theatre. splish splash is a show for a tiny audience ofjust two children, and accompanied by a grown—up each, they are taken on a treasure hunt. along the way, there is music and mischief, all designed to stimulate and surprise, with the swimming pool giving freedom to c
speaking at a handover ceremony in the alps, the austrian chancellor, sebastian kurz, seen here in themonth tenure will be "a europe that protects". the european council president, donald tusk, told the gathering, that security should not come at the expense of freedom. mr kurz, who is 31, leads a coalition which includes a far—right party. he's in favour of establishing asylum centres outside the eu and strengthening the bloc‘s external borders. going to the theatre is supposed...
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tonight, we consider the view from austria, where the chancellor sebastian kurz played a key role inenna. let's talk about the way these leaders consider the potential damage of the continued crisis with migration. absolutely. we heard from jean—claude juncker to —— to migration. absolutely. we heard from jean—claudejuncker to —— to do who said the european union was becoming increasingly fragile. i don't think it will lead to the break—up of the european union but i think it is certainly putting pressure on the idea of all for one and one for all, that i diop political unity. why am i saying that? because at the height of the crisis back in 2015, we saw migration shine a light and european disunity rather than unity —— that idea of political unity. we have just heard just know that austria is also —— from italy, and austria is also —— from italy, and austria is also known for tough policies. it held a high—profile military exercise involving soldiers and police role—playing, pushing migrants back over the border into neighbouring slovenia. the government here very famously includes
tonight, we consider the view from austria, where the chancellor sebastian kurz played a key role inenna. let's talk about the way these leaders consider the potential damage of the continued crisis with migration. absolutely. we heard from jean—claude juncker to —— to migration. absolutely. we heard from jean—claudejuncker to —— to do who said the european union was becoming increasingly fragile. i don't think it will lead to the break—up of the european union but i think it is...
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chancellor sebastian kurz has proposed what he called an axis of the willing to tighten the bloc‘s external this going to be helpful, given the confused state of how to tackle immigration across europe?” the confused state of how to tackle immigration across europe? i think what this shows you here in austria, to make that point very clear today, the government organised a military exercise on its border with slovenia involving soldiers and police, as they practised, pushing pretend migrants back over the border. what austria highlights for you is the growing number of european countries who are saying, listen if eu wide measures don't work, are not practical or workable or agreed on and on the ground and to stop illegal immigration into europe, we individual countries will take the law into our own hands. austria in 2015, at the height of the migration crisis, as hundreds of thousands of migrants were pouring across europe, austria, along with germany and sweden, the three wealthy countries, took a very large number of asylum seekers and, at a certain point, they said no more and closed au
chancellor sebastian kurz has proposed what he called an axis of the willing to tighten the bloc‘s external this going to be helpful, given the confused state of how to tackle immigration across europe?” the confused state of how to tackle immigration across europe? i think what this shows you here in austria, to make that point very clear today, the government organised a military exercise on its border with slovenia involving soldiers and police, as they practised, pushing pretend...
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austrian chancellor sebastian kurz has proposed what he called an axis of the willing to tighten thethe growing number of european countries were saying listen, if eu wide measures do not work and are not practical or workable or a agreed upon on the ground and failed to stop illegal migration into europe, then we individual countries will take the law into our own hands. austria was famous for this in 2015 at the height of the migrant crisis. as hundreds of thousands of migrants are pouring across the european continent austria along with germany and sweden, these three wealthy countries there took a very large number of asylum seekers and ata large number of asylum seekers and at a certain point said no more. closed austrian borders and courage their neighbours to do the exact same thing. this goes against the eu if you liked of all for one and one for all. also got free movement around the concord continent. order shot as countries look around after themselves. as you say it takes over themselves. as you say it takes over the six—month rotating presidency of the six—month rotating
austrian chancellor sebastian kurz has proposed what he called an axis of the willing to tighten thethe growing number of european countries were saying listen, if eu wide measures do not work and are not practical or workable or a agreed upon on the ground and failed to stop illegal migration into europe, then we individual countries will take the law into our own hands. austria was famous for this in 2015 at the height of the migrant crisis. as hundreds of thousands of migrants are pouring...
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austria's chancellor sebastian kurz says his country will serve as a bridge between moscow and the weste them and those who are implemented against —— translation:. therefore i think everyone is interested in lifting them. and the russians do have some leverage. 30% of the european union's oil comes from russia, it also supplies 37% of the eu's gas. germany and italy among the biggest consumers. a short time ago we talked to nathalie tocci. she is a special adviser to the eu's high representative for foreign affairs federica mogherini and director of the institute of international affairs in rome. nathalie tocci, on trade, on iran, a good many things at the moment, there is tension between the united states and europe and may be an opportunity that vladimir putin can exploit? well, i mean, looking at the transatlantic relationship, i think it is important to bear in mind a number of things. i mean, firstly, that this is a relationship that has actually always gone through many ups and downs. there tends to be this assumption that there was some sort of golden era in the transatlantic re
austria's chancellor sebastian kurz says his country will serve as a bridge between moscow and the weste them and those who are implemented against —— translation:. therefore i think everyone is interested in lifting them. and the russians do have some leverage. 30% of the european union's oil comes from russia, it also supplies 37% of the eu's gas. germany and italy among the biggest consumers. a short time ago we talked to nathalie tocci. she is a special adviser to the eu's high...
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austria's leader, sebastian kurz of the conservatives, says he is making the fight against illegal migrationhe's taking a tough line. he wants to shift the focus from relocating asylum seekers inside the eu to strengthening the eu's outer borders. he wants to set up asylum centres outside the eu and to give the eu's border agency a tougher mandate. during the migrant crisis of 2015 and 16, austria took in about i% of its population. but these days asylum applications have dropped dramatically. 0ur europe correspondent, damian grammaticas is in brussels for us. the summit will be taking place there. theresa may has an opportunity to brief other eu leaders on the work that the uk is doing to brexit. there are big differences of opinion on how much progress the uk has actually made. there are. big differences between the eu 27 on one side and the uk on the eu 27 on one side and the uk on the other. the eu are saying the key issues that have to be addressed now are holding things up around the border issue with ireland, what sort of future does the uk really want? the eu says it needs a clear po
austria's leader, sebastian kurz of the conservatives, says he is making the fight against illegal migrationhe's taking a tough line. he wants to shift the focus from relocating asylum seekers inside the eu to strengthening the eu's outer borders. he wants to set up asylum centres outside the eu and to give the eu's border agency a tougher mandate. during the migrant crisis of 2015 and 16, austria took in about i% of its population. but these days asylum applications have dropped dramatically....
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speaking at a handover ceremony in the alps, the austrian chancellor, sebastian kurz, seen here in thebe "a europe that protects". the european council president, donald tusk, told the gathering, that security should not come at the expense of freedom. mr kurz, who is 31, leads a coalition which includes g vi‘lzliilje’ jiff’e—ifs
speaking at a handover ceremony in the alps, the austrian chancellor, sebastian kurz, seen here in thebe "a europe that protects". the european council president, donald tusk, told the gathering, that security should not come at the expense of freedom. mr kurz, who is 31, leads a coalition which includes g vi‘lzliilje’ jiff’e—ifs