‘Unthinkable’: Austria’s interior minister rejects proposal to grant work permits to asylum seekers

‘Austria’s interior minister has rejected a proposal that would require EU member states to grant asylum seekers the right to work, calling the plan “unthinkable,” as the country’s job market could not absorb the flood of new workers.
The proposal laid out by the European Commission on Wednesday would include a rule allowing refugees and migrants to obtain work permits six months after submitting asylum applications in EU countries.
However, on Thursday, Austrian Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka flatly rejected the idea.’
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