Austria's Kurz says he opposes taking in any more Afghans

Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz speaks during the Western Balkans conference at the Chancellery in Vienna, Austria, June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz opposes taking in any more people fleeing Afghanistan now that the Taliban have seized power, he said in remarks published on Sunday.

Austria took in more than one percent of its population in asylum seekers during Europe's migration crisis in 2015 and 2016, and Kurz has built his career on taking a hard line on immigration, winning every parliamentary election since 2017.