Heinz-Christian Strache

First in May 2015 and later in June 2016, Austrian politicians – Strache and Kurz – advocated for a migration policy modeled after Australia’s policy. The proposal was to intercept “migrants” and either return them immediately or detain them on islands such as Lesbos,  a position which was regularly repeated;

Strache further stated that “the political mandate for Frontex needs to be changed and must clearly include defense against illegal migration and to return rescued refugees instead of bringing them to Europe. (Autria report Ci)