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Austria Declines to Sign Global Migration Pact Over Concerns About Sovereignty

Austria Declines to Sign Global Migration Pact Over Concerns About Sovereignty
Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and Austrian President Alexander Van Der Bellen, from left, review recruits on the occasion of national holiday celebrations at Vienna's Heldenplatz, Austria, on Oct. 26, 2018. AP Photo/Ronald Zak
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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WARSAW—The Austrian government says that it won’t sign a global compact on migration, citing concerns about national sovereignty.

Austria on Oct. 31 joined neighboring Hungary in shunning the United Nations-brokered agreement, formally known as the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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