Austria chancellor likens Hungary's refugee policy to Nazi deportations

Austria chancellor likens Hungary's refugee policy to Nazi deportations

PanARMENIAN.Net - Austria's chancellor criticized Hungary for its handling of the refugee crisis on Saturday, September 12, likening the country's policies to Nazi deportations during the Holocaust as refugees complained of their treatment in the eastern European country, Reuters reports.

In an interview with German news magazine Der Spiegel, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann likened Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's treatment of refugees to the Nazis' deportation of Jews and others to concentration camps.

"Sticking refugees in trains and sending them somewhere completely different to where they think they're going reminds us of the darkest chapter of our continent's history," he said.

On Sept. 3, migrants boarded a train in Budapest in the belief that they were heading to the border with Austria but the train was stopped 35 km (22 miles) west of the capital in the town of Bicske, where Hungary has a camp for asylum seekers.

Hungary dismissed Faymann's comments as "utterly unworthy of a 21st century European leader" and summoned Austria's ambassador.

Many refugees and migrants now arriving in Hungary want to avoid being registered there for fear of being returned to Hungary later as they travel on to richer countries in western and northern Europe.

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