Austria against asylum claims from non-EU migrant centres

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz spoke out today against giving migrants the chance to seek asylum in the EU from proposed "disembarkation platforms" outside the continent.

European leaders hammered out a deal in Brussels on Friday to consider setting up the centres outside the bloc, most likely in North Africa, in a bid to discourage migrants and refugees boarding EU-bound smuggler boats.

However, Kurz told O1 radio: "I'm among those who say that if we allow asylum applications (from the disembarkation platforms), this will create an incredible pull factor."