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Asylum numbers are increasing: only every second person completes an integration course in Austria!
In 2024, only 40% of refugees have passed integration tests; increasing demand for German courses and integration measures.
Asylum numbers are increasing: only every second person completes an integration course in Austria!
In 2024, a worrying picture will emerge in the integration balance for refugees in Austria. Only 40 percent of recognized asylum seekers have passed the mandatory integration tests of the Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF), despite enormous efforts to offer integration courses. With 80,000 exams carried out, 2024 represents an increase of 21 percent compared to the previous year today.at reported. In contrast, around 70 percent of the Ukrainian displaced people who took part voluntarily successfully completed the exams, which makes the challenges for the other refugee groups all the more clear.
The increase in exams is encouraging, but the low success rates raise questions: since 2017, values and orientation courses as well as German lessons have been mandatory for those entitled to asylum. Failure to comply could result in legal consequences, including reductions in social benefits. This focuses on the will to integrate, as well as its importance kosmo.at highlights. Franz Wolf, director of the ÖIF, emphasizes the need to learn German and to actively participate in social life in order to make integration successful. Particular attention is paid to the increasing number of asylum seekers and the low level of education of many refugees, which represents an enormous challenge for integration policy.
The reactions to these developments are loud: FPÖ General Secretary Michael Schnedlitz sharply criticized the federal government and attested to a failure in integration policy. He demands that integration must be a “debt” for the refugees, not an “all-inclusive alimentation” at the expense of taxpayers. Serious concerns about the ability of asylum seekers to integrate are present both in public and in political circles, while the number of integration courses completed and their impact remain at the center of the debate.