Chancellor Karl Nehammer on asylum mission in Morocco. Economic incentives are designed to facilitate repatriations.
An asylum procedure for a Moroccan stranded in Austria takes more than two years on average. The chances of asylum are far from small – they fluctuate around one percent. Last year, 8,471 Moroccans applied for asylum in Austria. 230 are currently in primary care. The Moroccans’ route to the EU takes them via Istanbul. Visa-free entry is possible in Turkey and the smugglers provide the next leg on the way to the EU.
“Extended shortcut”
Getting Moroccans out of the domestic asylum system more quickly was the goal of the trip of Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Interior Minister Gerhard Karner. “We have extended the short path,” concludes Nehammer. The EU has the negotiating mandate for repatriation agreements.
Giving African countries new perspectives
“We want to improve cooperation between officials because there is still a problem here,” said Interior Minister Karner. He has no measure of how fast an asylum procedure for a Moroccan “should take,” says Karner. Anything faster than “two years is progress”.
The reason for the trip was the 240th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Austria and Morocco. Finally, an agreement was also signed between Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch and Nehammer. In concrete terms, delinquent Moroccans can be transferred in the future and serve their sentences in their home country. There are currently 59 Moroccans imprisoned in Austria.
Nehammer’s strategy is to treat African states as equals. A business delegation, with a focus on the development of green hydrogen, traveled to Morocco. “You have to give the countries perspective, then they are more likely to accept repatriations. A review is taking place in the EU,” says Nehammer.
Source: Krone
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