Asylum procedure in need: refugees fight against long waiting times!

Asylum procedure in need: refugees fight against long waiting times!

Siebensterngasse 31, 1070 Wien, Österreich - On June 17, 2025, a press conference of the Asylum Human Rights Association will take place in Need in the Café Siebenstern in Vienna. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. and will address important grievances in the asylum procedure. The suspension of all Syrian asylum procedures is particularly alarming, which leads to extremely long procedural times at the Federal Office for Foreign Affairs and asylum (BFA). Affected refugees report a reality of life that is shaped by political persecution and violence, while at the same time they have to fight with impending psychological, social and existential damage due to the delays in the procedures href = "https://www.ots.at/presseaus-sung/ots_20250609_ots0013/aviso-asyl-in-not-presskonferenz-kuebra-tasoy-peter-marhold-und-fluechten"> ots.at .

Among the speakers: Inside there are Kübra Atasoy, the chairwoman of Asylum in Need, Peter Marhold von Helping Hands and representatives: Families of refugees who will describe their stressful experiences. The conference aims to point out the unsustainable circumstances and to present reports on successes against cunning csictions.

psychological stress and trauma

The situation of the refugees is reinforced by numerous psychological problems, which are often not sufficiently taken into account in the asylum procedure. A study shows that around 40% of asylum seekers and refugees in Germany have had multiple traumatizing experiences, including torture and violence. These traumatic experiences have serious effects on mental health and often lead to trauma disorders. Over 50% of the rape victims and 87% of torture victims show such disturbances as the It is particularly worrying that the asylum seekers' performance law of medical treatment only grants for acute and life -threatening cases, which further tightens the situation of many traumatized refugees. Many of them live under poor conditions in shared accommodation with inadequate sanitary facilities. This contributes to an already poor physical and mental state. Refugee children are particularly affected and often suffer from developmental disorders and traumatizing experiences.

Despite the high prevalence of mental illnesses in refugees, such as a meta -analysis, which reports a prevalence rate of around 30% for post -traumatic stress disorders, an adequate diagnosis is often not available. The lack of interpreters in practices and clinics also complicates diagnoses of psychiatric diseases. Many traumatized refugees have difficulty explaining their reasons for escape, which often leads to rejections of their asylum applications. The permanent fear of deportation reinforces the already existing psychological stress, such as "https://www.baff-zentren.org/themen/flucht-trauma/aktuelles-zur-psychische-gesundheit-von-gefluechten/"> baff-zentren.org documented.

Regular reports show that rejected asylum seekers live in constant fear and often have no access to medical care. The medical care structures are often overloaded and the stress for the treatment centers is increasing. Many suffering refugees are not sufficiently prepared for returning to their home countries, where they can be exposed to traumatizing situations again. The support from the German medical profession is viewed critically because it is in an ethical conflict with regard to its role in deportation measures.

The upcoming press conference ends in a call to support and urgent need to remedy the grievances in the asylum procedure and to focus on the mental health of the refugees.