05-06-2016 13:43 via salon.com

Austria suggests interning migrants on Greek islands

BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s foreign minister is proposing interning migrants on Greek islands.
In a newspaper interview, Sebastian Kurz says Europe could copy Australia’s model of intercepting migrant boats offshore — either sending them back or keeping them in island camps until their asylum claims have been processed.
Human rights groups have criticized the practice as inhumane and a breach of international law.
Kurz told Austrian newspaper Die Presse in an interview publis
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