Family reunification in Austria: new rules and pressing challenges!
Family reunification in Austria: new rules and pressing challenges!
The Austrian government has carried out a strict course of course in family reunification. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) said that the number of applications in February fell to modest 60, which was due to the unexplained situation of Syrians after the change of power in Damascus. In order to avoid overloading the existing systems such as living, education and labor market, Minister Karner emphasized the need for a temporary suspension of family reunification. The Prime Minister Christian Stocker (ÖVP) emphasized that it is important to act proactively instead of waiting for rising figures, as they were recorded last year with almost 1,000 applications. Now the implementation of an integration barometer is aimed at, which is intended to map the loads on different areas in order to plan the future quota.
In an interview in "ZIB 2", Karner also spoke about the challenges of the Austrian asylum system, which was heavily burdened with around 110,000 applications last year. It is necessary to rethink the framework conditions for asylum procedures and to strengthen protection at the EU external borders, possibly even outside of Europe. Karner described the Austrian system as "broken in many places" and pointed out that Austria processed the second most asylum applications in the EU per capita to Cyprus, although it has no EU external border. According to Karner, this system requires comprehensive reforms and a strict regulation to combat irregular migration.The plans for the stop of the family reunification also met with approval in the opposition, as State Secretary Jörg Leichtfried (SPÖ) confirmed, which advocated humanity and order in the asylum area. He also called for solidary solutions at European level. Josef Schellhorn from the Neos also confirmed the need for the best possible integration measures. So the topic remains hotly discussed while the government is trying to reform the ailing system.
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