"Right-wing leaders across the Europe continuing to argue for hard-line anti-immigration policies

and border controls.

Following an incident Thursday in Austria where several dozen people were found suffocated in a truck near Vienna, politicians renewed a heated debate over the future of migrants and refugees in Europe, with right-wing leaders across the continent continuing to argue for hard-line anti-immigration policies and border control.

Support for far right-wing parties across Europe, including France's National Front, Germany's Alternative For Germany and Austria's Freedom Party, has continued to grow throughout the summer as they capitalized on xenophobia. The Freedom Party -- in Austria, where the migrants were found Thursday -- has support from 29 percent of the population, a recent poll reported.

Across Europe, support continues to grow for right-wing parties. Asylum-seekers in Germany have faced increasing violence throughout the summer, and many refugee shelters have been burned to the ground by right-wing activists, including the xenophobic group Pegida.

In France, politician Marine Le Pen's National Front party has long advocated for closing the nation's borders. In a tweet posted from her verified Twitter account, Le Pen referred to the wave of refugees as "migrant anarchy." The U.N. estimates that 85-90 percent of people arriving in the EU are bonafide refugees, fleeing violence or persecution in their home countries.

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