Since July 20, asylum seekers in Austria have worked around 37,000 hours. On average, it was around 39 hours per person. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) said on Tuesday that the pocket money of around 200 people affected was reduced.
1.60 euros per hour worked is recognized. Since July 20, a corresponding regulation has been in force. In Korneuburg (Lower Austria), 28 asylum seekers were sent from November to July. For example, they did cleaning work in the city, removed leaves in parks, chopped down trees or shoveled snow. The recognition fee there is 4.50 euros per hour, but cannot exceed 110 euros per month.
“People want to give something back”
“People want to do some work, (…) give something back,” says Andreas Achrainer, director of the Federal Agency for Care and Support Services (BBU). “It is important to support young people in particular and show them that there are not only rights, but also responsibilities and that we have to work together.”
The goals are “strict and fair basic care, a strict set of rules and the fight against abuse,” Karner said Tuesday. Since June 3, all asylum seekers aged 14 and over have been required to attend a training on guidelines and standards in Austria at federal basic care facilities. According to Karner, more than 1,950 people have done so so far.
23 memories during training
23 had to be warned, five objectors had their pocket money reduced. The course content includes for example culture and etiquette, equality, rights and duties, democracy and the rule of law. Pocket money is reduced if an asylum seeker stays away without an excuse.
Source: Krone
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