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V4 nations and Austria endorse vetting migrants in Africa

Chancellor Kurz will strive for a "protective Europe"

21 June, 18:08
(ANSA) - TRIESTE - Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban said that countries in eastern Europe support the idea of setting up screening centers "hotspots" outside the European Union where asylum-seekers can present their requests for protection.

Orban said after a meeting on Thursday of the so-called Visegrad Group - Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia - that the countries continue to reject any EU quota plans for d Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was attending the Visegrad Group meeting in Budapest as a guest. He says his government, which takes over the rotating EU presidency on July 1st, would strive for a "protective Europe" which can defend the continent's welfare and prosperity. (ANSA).

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