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Austria slaps Germany over misleading information on refugees

Xinhua, March 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Austrian government on Thursday accused the German government of releasing misleading information which may keep the refugees within its territory on ways to Germany.

A German government spokesperson on Wednesday said the country does not have quotas on daily refugee intake in place, which an Austrian interior ministry spokesperson said was untrue.

Germany has been limiting the intake at three selected border crossings to a maximum of 3,600 asylum seekers per day, according to an Austria Press Agency report.

Those who claimed there was no upper limit "lacked either knowledge or the will for transparent communication," said the interior ministry spokesperson.

The Austrian government once again called on its neighboring country to issue visas to asylum seekers in Greece to allow their direct travel to Germany without creating a backlog in Austria. Endi