Austrian authorities have stopped processing new asylum requests while continuing to deport migrants.
State-run broadcaster ORF is citing an Interior Ministry document that it says was issued on Friday to civil servants dealing with asylum requests telling them not to accept new cases.
ORF says the document instructs relevant departments to continue deporting those whose asylum requests were rejected.
It also says others are being returned to EU countries they first arrived to before coming to Austria.
The broadcaster quotes Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner as saying Austria has become the "No 1 target country" for would-be asylum seekers.
It said the move is meant to put pressure on other EU countries to take more would-be immigrants ahead of an interior ministers' meeting next week.
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