Austria’s Ministry of Interior: More than 12,000 asylum applications were rejected over the past weeks
Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner announced that more than seven thousand asylum requests and five thousand family reunification requests for Syrian families had been rejected during the past weeks.
The Austrian Interior Minister said – in a statement today, Sunday – " “We are currently organizing a gradual and organized return of Syrians to their homeland,” he explained, explaining that the preparation of the return and deportation list has been completed, including a clear definition of priorities, while the time frame for the plans has not yet been determined. Deportation.
On the other hand, the opposition political parties in Austria questioned Karner’s statement about stopping asylum and starting a wave of mass deportations.. Austrian media said, “There are no actual indicators of a decrease in the number of refugees or a halt to the number of refugees.” Asylum, as hundreds of Syrians came to the country during the past three weeks despite the new restrictions announced.
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