Right-wing party files criminal complaint against Austrian government over refugee crisis

The chairman of Austria's right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ) Heinz-Christian Strache showed on 9 November 2015 his intention to bring a criminal complaint against the country's government for its handling of the refugee crisis.

Mr Strache said that his party believed that the government's approach to dealing with the mass movement of people had been an example of 'gross negligence'.

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ESO: Background information: Austria in border disputes with Slovenia and Bavaria http://www.europeansources.info/record/austria-in-border-disputes-with-slovenia-and-bavaria/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

The Local.at, 09.11.15: Strache plans to sue ministers over refugees http://www.thelocal.at/20151109/strache-accuses-government-of-people-smuggling

Politico, 09.11.15: Austrian far right sues government on migrants http://www.politico.eu/article/austria-far-right-sues-government-migrants-strache-borders/

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