“You can denounce the facts without immediately being called racist,” Susanne Raab criticizes her party colleague. As reported, ÖVP Secretary General Laura Sachslehner saw the country “suffer” in a disrupted post due to exploding asylum numbers.
In the “Krone” interview, the Minister of Integration mentioned a number of other figures: “Austria has had to overcome enormous challenges since the refugee crisis of 2015. Since then, a total of 250,000 asylum applications have been received. And last year we were in second place in Europe in this area.” That is why “consistent external border control and a strong asylum system are important”.
The construction sites are integration, employment and education. “We need an honest debate,” Raab’s demand said. For example, four years after the refugee crisis, only 37 percent of male Syrians were employed, compared to just 13 percent of women. Also a challenge for the social system, because more than a third (in Vienna 40 percent) of all welfare recipients are entitled to asylum and subsidiary protection.
Criticism, without naming, came from Caritas president Michael Landau on Tuesday: “I understand that some politicians prefer to talk about refugees than about poverty in Austria.”
Source: Krone
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