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Austria stops processing asylum requests amid EU row

Source: Reuters - Sat, 13 Jun 2015 09:18 GMT
Author: Reuters

VIENNA, June 13 (Reuters) - Austria has stopped processing asylum requests in an effort to pressure other European Union member states to do more to help absorb waves of refugees pouring into the continent, the country's interior minister was quoted on Saturday as saying.

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