Members of Austria’s newly elected right-wing government have come under fire in the last week for statements relating to ‘concentration’ camps for refugees.
Interior Minister Herbert Kickl stated last week that he planned to set up ‘camps’ for refugees ‘to keep them concentrated in one place’.
Although Minister Kickl has since retracted his statement, up to 60,000 people have since taken to the streets in protest against the new government’s hardline stance on immigration.
Austria is currently the only country in western Europe to have a significant far-right representation in parliament.