Austrian chancellor hails Sunak for UK's 'pioneer' Rwanda deportation plan
The Austrian chancellor praised the United Kingdom on Tuesday as a “pioneer” in outsourcing migrants to places outside of Europe, citing its bill to send migrants to Rwanda as he hosted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Vienna. Chancellor Karl Nehammer's conservative party has long taken a hard line on migration and faces a strong challenge from the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) in an election expected in the upcoming autumn. Nehammer said Austria and the UK, which left the European Union in 2020, are “strategic partners when it comes to being able to conduct asylum proceedings in safe third count...