The appeal of the Afghan ambassador in Vienna, Manizha Bakhtari, not to deport rejected asylum seekers from Austria to her country because of the advance of the Taliban, caused bilateral irritation on Friday. Bakhtari was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at short notice. After the previous week there had been “different signals” about the security situation, one was surprised by the diplomat’s statement that Afghanistan “is not in a position to take in deportees,” said Alexander Schallenberg’s (VP) department.
- Video: In the first half of the year, the number of asylum applications in Austria increased by 86 percent compared to the same period in the previous year.
His party friend, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (VP), has already given the line in advance: “Austria is not planning to stop deportation to Afghanistan.” After the meeting, Bakthari emphasized that one stood for the withdrawal of its own citizens.
The European Court of Human Rights recently prevented the deportation of a rejected asylum seeker to Afghanistan. According to the Ministry of the Interior, the number of asylum applications in Austria rose by 85.9 percent to 10,518 in the first half of the year compared to the same period in the previous year (see graphic). Also in the first half of the year there were 10,813 final asylum decisions, 5268 positive and 5545 negative. In addition, there were 7,784 humanitarian titles and 5,481 subsidiary protection granted.
