Thousands of refugees are arriving in Austria every day, stretching local infrastructure to the limit

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The former home of Austrian incest monster Josef Fritzl is to be offered as accommodation for desperate refugee families after local council officials failed to find a buyer.

The house in Amstetten, where Fritzl kept his daughter locked in a cellar dungeon for 24 years, will be able to accommodate up to 50 asylum seekers, according to the liquidator of Fritzl's estate.

According to local media, the house will be offered to refugees because the council has struggled to find places to accommodate them and cannot afford to let such the property sit empty.

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Horror: The house in Amstetten (pictured), where Fritzl kept his daughter locked in a cellar dungeon for 24 years, will be able to accommodate up to 50 asylum seekers, according to the liquidator of Fritzl's estate

Sick: Fritzl, who owned several properties before being jailed aged 73, remains in nearby Stein prison

Hundreds of refugees who arrived by train at Hegyeshalom on the Hungarian and Austrian border walk final few miles into Austria

Locals are said to be less than happy with the plan but the deputy mayor of Amstetten, Michael Wiesner, from the local social democratic party, said: 'It is not something we can prevent. The liquidator is able to do what he wants with it as the representative of the property.'

But he added: 'We are getting a container here which will offer 150 beds for asylum seekers. By doing so, we will have fulfilled our quota.'

The house has been up for sale for some time, priced at €200,000 (£145,000), but has yet to find a buyer. The cellar where Elisabeth and the children were held hostage and repeatedly raped has been filled with concrete to stop it from becoming a sick tourist attraction.

Fritzl, who owned several properties before being jailed aged 73, remains in nearby Stein prison.

All of the properties he owned were sold to pay debts but the 'House of Horrors' itself has so far failed to find a buyer. It has remained empty ever since the scandal came to light.

Guarded: The house has been up for sale for some time, priced at €200,000 but has yet to find a buyer

Destroyed: The cellar where Elisabeth and the children were held hostage and repeatedly raped (pictured) has been filled with concrete to stop it from becoming a sick tourist attraction

New arrivals: Hundreds of migrants who arrived by train at Hegyeshalom on the Hungarian and Austrian border walk the final few miles into Austria earlier this morning

More than 20,000 asylum seekers entered Austria this weekend alone - with an estimated 200,000 thought to have passed through over the past few weeks.

This morning Austrian police said that about 1,000 new arrivals are expected soon at the main border crossing point with Hungary, after nearly 10,000 migrants trekked into the country.

Police spokesman Helmut Marban said that most of yesterday's arrivals at the Nickelsdorf crossing east of Vienna had already been brought to emergency shelters elsewhere in the country.

He said Hungary is bringing the 1,000 people expected Tuesday to its side of the border by train.

From there, the migrants usually walk into Austria.