Vienna - The Red Cross on Friday strongly criticised the Austrian government over its decision to set up tent camps for asylum seekers in response to the rapidly growing influx of refugees.
"For us this is the worst possible solution," said the general secretary of the Austrian Red Cross, Werner Kerschbaum, ahead of a crisis summit in Vienna.
He added that the nation, as one of Europe's richest states, had plenty of other options to accommodate migrants.
The government has already built one camp near the city of Salzburg, and is planning two more in northern Austria to help deal with the migrants who come predominantly from Syria and Afghanistan.
AFP
