Austria’s governing ÖVP and Green parties are at odds over the call to tighten migration laws after a 13-year-old girl was murdered, allegedly by two Afghan asylum seekers.
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’ ÖVP had called for more resolute action against migrants convicted of crimes, the Greens say the current legal framework is already strict enough.
“The asylum law was already tightened up in recent years,” Justice Minister Alma Zadić told the Austrian Newspaper
Kronenzeitung. “Our laws offer enough possibilities, we just have to apply them in a consistent manner,” she added.
The ÖVP fired back at the Greens, accusing them of being too soft on migration. Interior Minister Nehammer also told newspaper
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