Austria asks EU for 600 actor euros to awning refugee costs
Vienna said it capital money from the EU afterwards accepting far added awning seekers than it had anticipation in its 2015 budget. The appeal came as both Hungary and Austria footfall up address adjoin Greece apropos refugees.
Austria and Hungary acquire alleged for added measures to block migrants from entering the EU
Austrian Accounts Minister Hans Jörg Schelling beatific a appeal to the European Commission for 600 actor euros ($670 million) to awning unbudgeted costs associated with apartment and caring for awning seekers, an Austrian Accounts Ministry abettor said on Saturday.
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Schelling aswell acclimated the letter to articulation criticism of the EU controlling body's access to the arrival of migrants to Europe, abounding of whom are beat war in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
"In times of the banking crisis, the European Commission has mostly acted as the abettor of the affiliate states," Schelling said in a letter addressed to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, appear by the Austrian circadian "Kurier."
"Concerning the clearing crisis, it is top time the Commission alternate to its accustomed action as an absolute academy apery the accepted association absorption and alpha acting as such," Schelling added.
Accusing Greece, already again
The Austrian accounts minister's appeal comes as both Austria and Hungary acquire stepped up address adjoin Greece apropos the arrival of migrants.
Hungarian Adopted Minister Peter Szijjarto said the EU should attending to added countries to anticipate humans from entering the 28-nation bloc.
"If Greece is not accommodating or able to assure the Schengen area and doesn't acquire any abetment from the EU, again we charge addition band of defense, which is acutely Macedonia and Bulgaria," Szijjarto said on Saturday at a affair of EU adopted ministers in Amsterdam.
Meanwhile, Austrian Adopted Minister Sebastian Kurz said Athens underestimated the severity of the refugee crisis.