© Leonhard Foeger / ReutersA rebuilt shelter for asylum seekers.
Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache has suggested housing asylum seekers in barracks, saying that a curfew could even be imposed to enforce it.
His ideas, however, are not slated for immediate implementation.It would make sense "to use one or the other empty barracks," said the vice-chancellor, who is the leader of the right wing Austrian Freedom Party (FPO) while
speaking on ORF broadcaster's show
Wien Heute Thursday. There are seven barracks in the Austrian capital, Strache said. "We'll have to think which barracks' are best to use and which are not occupied," he added.
In addition, a curfew would be put in place for asylum seekers. "It has already been discussed in the past, whether all should be back in the barracks by a certain night time," the vice-chancellor said.
Strache elaborated further on the matter during a press conference Friday, stating
the government has no plans on "mass accommodations" at the moment, and that his idea of using old barracks for housing migrants is currently off the table.Austria's new government was sworn in last month, swaying sharply to the right wing of the political spectrum with the inclusion of the FPO in the coalition.
The government's inaugural promises included stopping illegal immigration, cutting taxes and reducing the unemployment rate.
"It will no longer happen that migrants who have never worked here a single day or paid anything into the social system will get thousands of euros in welfare!" Strache told his 750,000 followers in a Facebook post that has attracted 13,000 "likes."
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