Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has lauded the UK as a "pioneer" of migration policy, citing its plan to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda, as UK PM Rishi Sunak visits Vienna on Tuesday.
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00:00 The Austrian Chancellor praised Britain as a pioneer in outsourcing migrants to places outside of Europe.
00:07 In Vienna, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer praised the UK's Rwanda scheme at a joint news conference with the UK's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
00:18 Austria and the UK have agreed to work together to change the European legal system to allow the deportation of migrants to safe third countries.
00:28 "With the partnership with the UK, we can now actually make a change in the process of discussion.
00:37 That's why there is full support for the British way from the Austrian side."
00:43 "Business as usual won't solve this problem. We have to think creatively.
00:48 We have to pursue new ideas, new solutions and deterrence, removals to safe third countries like the UK's pioneering Rwanda scheme."
00:57 Austria is among 15 EU countries calling for more agreements with countries migrants depart from.
01:04 This call followed EU nations endorsing major asylum system reforms.
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