- The interior ministry has been subject to outrage following statements that tents may be necessary for the face of increased refugee numbers.
- The count of refugees arriving in Austria has reached 70,000 this year, tripling that of 2021, not including Ukrainian refugees.
- The mayor of St. Georgen, a town in Upper Austria, threatened to block the highway to their town, should the government stick to its plan to build tents to house refugees near regular houses.
Austrian government’s refugee tent plans spark outrage
