Millionaire ex MP David Miliband was today ridiculed for boasting of the 'beautiful' views in Aspen as he arrives at the luxury resort to discuss the refugee crisis
The former Labour frontbencher was accused of having a 'tin ear' after sending the tasteless tweet from the swanky holiday destination in Colorado's Rocky mountains
Mr Miliband, who earns £425,000-a-year heading the International Rescue Committee charity, tweeted a photo of the panoramic views on his way to the Aspen Ideas Festival
He added the message: 'Beautiful day to discuss refugees and political crisis of our times
' TV host Piers Morgan was among those who rounded on the ex MP for the bizarre post, writing: 'Are there many multi-millionaire refugees in Aspen?'
While a flood of other Twitter users joined in mocking the ex MP for his ability to 'monumentally misjudge' his tweet
Twitter user Ed Simpson sarcastically wrote: 'I wish I was as self-aware as David Miliband
What a hero.' A Twitter user going by the name Silvani wrote: 'David Miliband is totally oblivious to the sheer inanity and hypocrisy of this tweet
' Sam White wrote: If David Miliband had retained a single ounce of credibility, this would have blown it away
Daniel Gibson wrote on Twitter: 'Don't get me wrong David Miliband does a lot of good for refugees
'He also unfortunately continues to hold that marvellous Miliband superpower of monumentally misjudging even the best intentioned of things
' Austria stages anti-migrant exercise as EU locked in bitter battle over borders Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache said his country was testing out its new 'Puma police border protection unit' for the first time Austria today staged a dramatic border protection exercise as it prepares to assume the EU presidency and push for hardline immigration measures as the bloc is gripped by increasingly bitter divisions over the migrant crisis
Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz will assume the EU's rotating presidency on July 1 and has vowed to make migrants claim asylum before entering the bloc
That policy echoes the position of Italy, which has started turning away migrant vessels and proposed setting up processing centres in Libya and other countries of origin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is also locked in a struggle with her hardline government coalition partners that threatens to topple her government, and a summit between EU leaders on Sunday made little progress on tackling the crisis
Meanwhile, Spain's willingness to accept migrants appeared to be wavering today after prime minister Pedro Sanchez said there needed to be a 'common answer' from 'various countries' in the EU
It comes after the country's economic development minister, Jose Luis Abalos, said yesterday that Spain would not offer docking to the NGO boat Lifeline, which is carrying 230 migrants, explaining that his country will not 'become the sea rescue organization for all of Europe
' Kurz fears if Germany unilaterally closes its southern border then other EU nations will follow suit
Today heavily armed policemen - wearing helmets and body armour while carrying riot shields - were on display to show Germany that Austria is willing to shut its own borders if Mrs Merkel's interior minister follows through with his threat to close the Bavarian frontier
Thousands of migrants poured through Europe's open borders daily three years ago, triggering a humanitarian and political crisis that has left deep divisions on the continent
Chris Hayter wrote: 'Probably not the wisest thing David Miliband has ever tweeted judging by the comments
' Mr Miliband's tweet comes as Europe is in the grip of one of the worst refugee crises of modern times after millions uprooted by war and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa poured into the continent in recent years
The crisis threatens to tear apart the EU as several states have warned the continent must set up tougher immigration controls to stem the flow
Rescue ships packed with migrants rescued from the sea are being turned away by countries reluctant to take many more refugees
Migrants packed aboard a boat which has been sailing a holding pattern off the coast of Malta for five days has finally been told they will be accepted by Italy and three other countries today
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte said after a phone call with Malta's prime minister that the boat operated by German aid group Mission Lifeline would disembark in the Mediterranean island nation
The row over the refugee crisis is set to top discussions at the EU summit in Brussels this Thursday
Angela Merkel is facing the collapse of her Coalition and being toppled out as German leader amid widespread anger at her decision to allow one million migrants into the country
While Austria today stages a dramatic border protection exercise as it prepares to assume the EU presidency and push for hardline immigration measures
Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz will assume the EU's rotating presidency on July 1 and has vowed to make migrants claim asylum before entering the bloc
That policy echoes the position of Italy, which has started turning away migrant vessels and proposed setting up processing centres in Libya and other countries of origin
Meanwhile, Spain's willingness to accept migrants appeared to be wavering today after prime minister Pedro Sanchez said there needed to be a 'common answer' from 'various countries' in the EU
With police dogs and armoured vehicles, the Austrians today stood in front of a fence as actors - police cadets - posed as migrants during the drill
Chancellor Kurz said at the weekend that he would 'be ready and do everything necessary to protect our borders' if Horst Seehofer, Germany's interior minister, goes ahead with plans to protect his country's southern frontier
He added: 'That would mean securing the border on the Brenner [Pass] and other locations
[though] I want to help ensure it doesn't get that far.' That dispute within the German coalition has prompted worries within the EU that there will be a domino effect of member nations tightening their borders
Mr Seehofer is allied with Austria's Kurz, whose country on July 1 takes over from Bulgaria the six-month rotating EU presidency
Today, meanwhile, Italy's deputy prime minister said its coastguard and navy should ignore SOS calls from migrant boats in the Mediterranean
Matteo Salvini has already warned foreign charities to stop picking up migrants off Libya, accusing them of 'causing trouble' and saying Italian ports 'are and will be closed to those who aid human traffickers
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