Syrian refugees should be transferred directly to Germany, cutting out the countries on the European migration route, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said Wednesday. Germany “should set a daily quota, and according to it, bring refugees directly from Greece, Turkey and Jordan to Germany,” he told the Austrian newspaper Kurier. “Austria cannot and must not become a distribution hub [for refugees].” “If Schengen is supposed to work, which we want, it can’t be that refugees from Greece come through Austria,” he said. “Every day thousands of people are waved through (Austria), and then Germany informs us that only 1,000 or 2,000 will be allowed to enter Germany.” On Tuesday, the Austrian chancellor said refugees should be processed at the EU’s external borders, mainly in Greece and Italy. Austria is not the “waiting room” for Germany, he said. * [GREECE-EUROPE-MIGRANTS] Also On Politico POLICE FIRE TEAR GAS ON MIGRANTS AT GREECE-MACEDONIA BORDER Ivo Oliveira * [BELGIUM-EU-JUSTICE-HOME-AFFAIRS-COUNCIL] Also On Politico GREECE WON’T WELCOME VISIT BY AUSTRIAN MINISTER Ivo Oliveira Asked if he believed German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s claim that she has no plan B on migration, Faymann said: “I’m afraid her plan B is to continue to wave through refugees. And that’s not an acceptable plan.” The German government dismissed the Austrian suggestion. “Germany does not operate with daily quotas,” said government spokesman Steffen Seibert, adding that images of refugees at the Greece-Macedonia border show how important it is that European countries work together.
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