The fear is becoming reality: too little permanent housing for the many refugees. Now the first tents had to be set up in Carinthia and Upper Austria. The excitement in the country is growing. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) promised a tent scenario three days ago. Now the first tents are up. That creates excitement.
Well hidden between the container village and the Drau (photo above), the first tents for refugees were set up in Villach. Not visible from the street. There will certainly be more to follow. 350 men already live in the container village who have little chance of asylum in Austria. It is actually already full, now tents have been set up for 40 asylum seekers.
Carinthia is lagging behind when it comes to admissions
Each tent can accommodate eight people and is heated with heaters. Carinthia ranks last in Austria when it comes to hosting refugees. “If you calculate the Ukrainians from the quota, we are at almost 100 percent. But few Ukrainians want to go to Carinthia, they prefer to live in the cities,” justifies the state government of Carinthia.
“If necessary, we will block the highway.” With this sentence, the mayor of St. Georgen im Attergau (Vöcklabruck district) in Upper Austria expresses the anger in his municipality. Since Saturday, there have also been tents (photo above) for refugees. Due to the strong increase of migrants in the federal care institutions, the federal government is pushing for more housing in the federal states.
500 refugees are collected per day
Every day 500 refugees are rounded up all over Austria. There are currently more than 8,000 people in basic federal care — but 5,600 of them have already been admitted to the procedure and should be taken over by the federal states.
In any case, there will be no tents in Vorarlberg for the time being. Alternatives, including container solutions, are currently being intensively researched. Tyrol also does not want tents, buildings are sought and offered. However, searching for quarters is difficult in both countries.
Asylum councilor Gottfried Waldhäusel (FPÖ) from Lower Austria defends himself against tents. “We certainly don’t agree with that.” The asylum crisis of 2015 is back.
Source: Krone
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