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According to the statistics published by the Ministry of the Interior immediately after the elections in Lower Austria, India is in second place (19,504) among the countries of origin, behind Afghanistan (24,241), followed by Syria (19,150) followed by Tunisia (12,667), Morocco (8,471) and Pakistan (7,643). ) and Turkey (5,132). With the exception of Afghanistan and Syria, asylum seekers from these countries have little chance of receiving protection status. The Ministry of the Interior emphasizes that the number of asylum seekers from these countries has fallen to zero since the end of the visa-free regime for Tunisia and India.
In total, there were 78,796 legally negative asylum decisions in 2022. In addition, more than 41,000 people have evaded their procedure and left Austria again on their own. This means that although they formally submitted an application after being apprehended, they (illegally) moved on to their actual target countries. This also explains why the strong increase in asylum applications cannot be read in the basic supply.
Stronger controls, faster procedures
As the Ministry of the Interior emphasizes, various measures such as stronger controls have already had an effect. In January there were therefore fewer applications than in the same month of the previous year. There were no figures in the broadcast.
According to the Ministry, the recognition rate is currently only 15.6 percent. In addition, the procedures are being conducted more quickly: last year they lasted only 3.5 months.
Source: Nachrichten
