Sunak is on a whistle-stop visit to Vienna this morning to promote his border policy. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has said at a joint press conference that the UK is a “pioneer” for pursuing third-country removals with the Rwanda plan. He makes clear:

“Asylum proceedings should happen in safe third countries. The UK is therefore a pioneer for this model – a model that will be important for Europe as well. The Rwanda model will be a solution for us to have asylum proceedings in safe third countries and that’s something we need to put on the EU’s agenda as well… Asylum proceedings in safe third countries means the business model of promising people to get them within the borders of the EU or UK no longer applies, that promise can no longer be made if we have such procedures.”

Crucially Nehammer reveals that up to 15 other European states, namechecking Denmark, are also pushing for a Rwanda-style model. EU politicians have started to follow the wind on this one…