On Thursday, the Federal Council agreed to expand the right to family services for Ukrainian displaced persons. As reported, the ÖVP see possible cases of social fraud – but the greens in turn see only half as much help for displaced people in the new decision if it is actually necessary.
For the time being until October to October, refugee Ukrainians for family services and their admission to the legal health insurance policy were largely decided in the Federal Council. The regulation had expired at the beginning of March 2025. The fact that the aid in Austria, unlike the Council of the European Union, is not immediately extended by a whole year, in particular due to the alleged “asylum tourism” -the “Kroon” reported.
Task Force against possible social fraud
“If you want to live with us, you have to be part and you must adhere to our rules. We have no room for those who benefit from our systems, “said the new ÖVP integration minister Claudia Plakolm. In the “Kroon” she announced the establishment of her own task force to prevent family allowance from being prevented from preventing abuse and to draw factors and without bringing all Ukrainian war refugees under the general suspicion.
Limitation ensures “uncertainty”
The former coalition partner of the ÖVP, De Groenen, is only half satisfied with half of the extension. “Nobody longs for peace than the Ukrainians: within who experience every day how their houses are placed in rubble and ashes and their children are abducted. But Russia continues his brutal attack war relentlessly. In these difficult times it is our human duty to help, and what is needed now is brave politics – not hesitation. It is incomprehensible that in October the government limits the family services for Ukrainians and again causes uncertainty among the affected, ”the spokeswoman for Green Family Barbara Neßler criticizes.
Plakolm resists: “We want to help those who have been driven out by the war and do not create extra pull factors for migration. If you need help, you get it. But we will not be exploited.
For all recipients of childcare allowance, the extra service limit was also increased in the course of the novella – retrospective by 1,1,2025: to continue to work somewhat during the claim period, this is increased from 8100 euros per year to 8,600 euros.
Source: Krone
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