Family reunification stopped: Interior Minister Karner explains important step

Family reunification stopped: Interior Minister Karner explains important step

Österreich - Today, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner in ZIB2 spoke about the decisive stop of the family reunification of refugees. This decision made by the government on Wednesday is under legal criticism, so legal foundations should now be developed. Karner emphasizes that the step is necessary to overcome the overload in the areas of living, education and labor market. Due to a worrying increase in youth crime, the measures are considered "enormously important", as well as news.at reported.

The Interior Minister expressed that the applications for family reunification were very declining - in February only 60 applications were counted, while almost 1,000 were in the previous year. This drastic reduction is also due to the changes in politics in Damascus, which are currently preventing the treatment of Syrian applications. The new coalition government also provides for the adoption of an integration barometer that is intended to regulate the contingentation of the in the future oe24.at .

measures to coping with overload

Karner underlined that the measures are urgent to ensure the functionality of social systems in Austria. The Prime Minister Christian Stocker argued that the past of the past must not tempt us to inactivity. It is necessary to act actively now before the systems are overwhelmed. The integration barometer is intended to make the loads transparent and serve as the basis for future decisions.

Furthermore, Karner expressed his endeavor to reduce immigration to a minimum. The government's central concerns are the cash requirement of protection for Austrian society and the need to legally secure these measures. However, the legal framework for the implementation of these measures must first be created, which underlines the complexity of the situation.