After the fatal tragedy in Burgenland, the question arises again: how to deal with smuggling and the increasing number of refugees? The parties comment on this.
People crammed into trucks. Dead again. Back in Burgenland. Governor Hans Peter Doskozil has been warning about this for some time. At least 1000 refugees are arrested every week. Independent from Ukraine.
Video: towing vehicle broke control – three killed
Austria in second place behind Cyprus
Interior Ministry says: 31,050 asylum applications in the first half of the year, Afghanistan for Syria. Austria ranks second behind Cyprus. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner will meet Danish colleagues on this subject on Wednesday. The day before the international coordinator. He explains to the “Krone” how important it is to fight people smuggling and illegal migration. It needs robust protection at its external borders; Asylum procedures should take place outside the EU. This would also thwart the business of the smuggling mafia.
The SPÖ refers to the plan of Doskozil and the Kaiser of Carinthia: uniform asylum procedures across the EU; maximum duration of a procedure three months; no right of residence without a reason for asylum; Procedure centers at the EU’s external borders.
NEOS: ‘Repelling refugees is a violation of the law and causes chaos’
Stephanie Krisper (NEOS) also calls for faster asylum procedures and an EU-level solution. “Austria would benefit from distribution.” Forcibly pushing refugees back to the borders “is a violation of the law and causes chaos”.
EU solution “unrealistic” to “failed”
Asylum procedures at the external borders – this has been discussed for twenty years, says Georg Bürstmayr of the Greens. “I’m afraid that still won’t work, at least not in a way that respects minimum human rights standards.” The number of asylum applications at the borders is increasing sharply, but not those who remain in Austria. Many go further. “We see that in the number of people in basic care, which remains at a stable level,” says Bürstmayr, who, like others, emphasizes that the causes of the flight must be addressed. That might be too tedious an undertaking.
The FPÖ has a different approach: “A European solution has failed”, says MP Hannes Amesbauer. “The government should finally take action itself. Like a real border guard with pushbacks and an immediate asylum stop.”
Source: Krone
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