2023-12-20 23:05:33 Innsbruck (OTS) – The years-long and largely undignified struggle for asylum reform has weakened the EU’s external impact. The agreement now reached is intended to correct the picture. But it is not a solution to the problems. It can be applauded. The EU states and the European Parliament have agreed on an asylum … Read more
2023-12-20 14:26:11 “Solidarity mechanism” is political protection racket – reform contradicts current Dublin III rules Linz (OTS) – “Too little, too late,” says deputy state governor and FPÖ state party chairman Dr. Manfred Haimbuchner summed up his criticism of the so-called EU asylum reform: “Today the European Union has primarily presented a mafia model for … Read more
2023-12-20 13:25:36 FPÖ policy has had no effect – People’s Party guarantees Austria’s decisive role in the EU asylum and migration package Vienna (OTS) – “Today’s agreement on a new EU asylum and migration pact marks the first steps for a historic development in Europe,” said city councilor Karl Mahrer, regional party chairman of the … Read more
2023-12-17 12:06:20 Eisenstadt (OTS) – ÖVP Interior Minister Karner’s jubilant reports and attempts to gloss over the numbers of asylum applications in November have no basis whatsoever and are met with a lot of criticism, especially in Burgenland, because after a record year in 2022 with 112,000 asylum applications, Austria is once again at the … Read more
2023-12-17 12:48:05 A look at the asylum statistics in November once again shows the success of the asylum brake Vienna (OTS) – “In November this year there were 80 percent fewer asylum applications than last year. Only 2,537 asylum applications were submitted this November, and in November 2022 there were a whopping 9,433 more applications. … Read more
2023-12-10 10:49:24 Vienna (OTS) – In view of the current plans to oblige asylum seekers to provide support services in Upper Austria and Vorarlberg, the FPÖ Vienna social spokesman, LAbg. Wolfgang Seidl, makes it clear that a similar regulation is also urgently needed in Vienna.“It is high time that we in Vienna wake up and … Read more
2023-11-26 13:14:05 More asylum applications were submitted in September and October 2023 than under Herbert Kickl in the entire year 2018 – “Fortress Austria” is the order of the day Vienna (OTS) – “Around 8,300 asylum applications were recorded in September and almost 9,900 in October. This means that more asylum applications were submitted in … Read more
2023-11-26 12:17:29 The asylum brake is working – while all of Europe is recording increasing asylum numbers, Austria is defying the trend Vienna (OTS) – “We are experiencing a decline of almost 50 percent in asylum applications. Compared to the previous year, Interior Minister Karner was able to almost halve the number of asylum applications … Read more