AUSTRIA : MIGRANT INFLUX BOOSTS RIGHT-WING PARTY IN KEY AUSTRIAN ELECTION

Just a few days after more than 100,000 people turned out in Vienna to support refugees, an anti-refugee party is poised to land a huge coup - a win at the polls that could see them take control of the Austrian capital Vienna. Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache has toned down his anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of the Vienna vote in an attempt to win over critics.

(Mr Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of right-wing Austrian Freedom Party speaks with supporters ahead of the local elections at the Stephansplatz on Oct 8, 2015 in Vienna.)