Austria-UK deal to offshore asylum not possible, says EU
The EU Commission has thrown a spanner in the works of any Austrian plan to offshore asylum, following Vienna's agreement last week with the UK (Photo: © BMI/Schober)
Austrian plans to offshore asylum to Rwanda or any third country, via an agreement with the UK, is not possible under EU law, says the European Commission.
"Currently EU asylum law applies only to applications made on the territory of a member state but not outside," a commission spokesperson told reporters in Brussels on Monday (6 November), when pressed on the issue.
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