Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, said that illegal immigration poses the same threat as climate change does, placing both issues on top of his agenda.

"It is important to protect our environment but it is also important to decide who will live in our country ... if we do not fight against illegal migration, Europe will not be the same in five, 10 or 20 years," said Kurz in an interview with FT, published on Monday.

"If we do not control who is allowed to come we will not be able to live...