Belakowitsch attacks Schumann: Social assistance for asylum seekers unnecessarily high!

Belakowitsch attacks Schumann: Social assistance for asylum seekers unnecessarily high!

Deutschland - The debate about social assistance in Austria increases in intensity. FPÖ club chairman Dr. Dagmar Belakovich has recently criticized SPÖ social minister Schumann. According to [ots.at] (https://www.ots.at/presseaus-sung/ots_20250620_ots0082/fpoe-belakowich-minister-Minister-Schumann-Moechte-Weiter-Asylant-Mit-Thousander-Thuser-Sender-Detern denotes Belakowitsch Schumann's proposals as "Sound and Rauch" and does not accuse her of the social help for social help To want asylum seekers. This stirs up concerns about the high social welfare of up to 9,000 euros for a Syrian family. Belakovich is of the opinion that this sum is not justified by the number of children and also criticizes the use of taxpayership for socialist naturalization programs.

Schumann, on the other hand, plans to make the social welfare system "more fair and targeted", including through the introduction of benefits. However, Belakowitsch wonders what kind of benefits in kind for asylum seekers are intended and calls for a fundamental redesign of the system. Her criticism is also directed against the ÖVP, which is responsible for a lack of willing to change. She emphasizes that the federal government remains in a state of standstill and social cold, which leads to discrimination against domestic people.

social welfare policy in change

in parallel to these discussions, FPÖ and ÖVP plan cuts in social assistance. As reported SN.AT, this could result in a new attempt to maintain a full social assistance, which could result in half the withdrawal for asylum persons. In addition, transfer payments such as family allowance should be counted towards social assistance. Despite noticeable differences in the areas of foreign and security policy, both parties seem to agree in their social welfare policy by not considering them as a "social hammock".

In Europe, the amount of social benefits for asylum seekers significantly varies. Asylum seekers in Germany and Austria receive over 400 euros per month, while Great Britain pays around 210 euros and Sweden 180 euros. The living conditions in the different countries are also different. In Greece, asylum seekers receive 150 euros per month and often live in reception camps. On the other hand, rejected asylum seekers in Greece often have no access to state support and often live without papers. In Hungary, the Situation is even more restrictive, where only 46 asylum applications were made in 2022, which is also due to the country's strict refugee policy. In Germany, on the other hand, the number of asylum applications in 2023 was extremely high with over 204,000, which is interpreted by some Union politicians as signs of the attractiveness of the social benefits, such as n-tv.de Notice.