The black-blue government wants to come up with new measures soon. There are already changes in the asylum accommodation. In the future, there should be more smaller neighborhoods.
Four out of ten Austrians think that integration in Austria is not working. Gang wars like in Vienna do little to increase acceptance. While the number of asylum seekers fell sharply last year. The state government of Salzburg also sees the need for action in the area of integration and has already determined the direction for integration for the next five years in its agreement last year. The emphasis should be on learning the German language, among other things. Svazek only wants to promote measures that yield measurable success.
With these announcements, Svazek immediately angers Martina Berthold (Greens) because she has just stopped funding for an integration project for young people set up by the Greens, which was specifically aimed at the problematic group. For Berthold, integration must take place from the beginning. “We decided that together with Integration Minister Sebastian Kurz at the time.”
Small neighborhoods should facilitate integration
For the Salzburg People’s Party it is clear: those who are with us must first be integrated before new migrants enter the country.
When it comes to asylum reception, the responsible regional councillor Josef Schwaiger (ÖVP) has now taken a new path. “We now have the opportunity to do this because there are only a few refugees at the moment,” says Schwaiger. In the future, they will be divided into many small districts – a total of 2,500 people will have space in this way. “There are many advantages through social connections, clubs and much more. ‘It’s easier in these places,’ the state councillor is convinced.
German would also be learned much faster, which is a prerequisite for integration and the labor market. Interesting: Schwaiger sees large refugee flows every ten years. So the next one is coming soon.
Space will have to be found for 4,500 people. 1,000 will be housed in existing large neighborhoods and 2,500 in small neighborhoods. The country is currently securing areas for the remaining 1,000 residents, so that they can build container villages if necessary. “A similar system exists in Vorarlberg and acceptance is high there,” Schwaiger explains.
Source: Krone
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