The large shelters for refugees in Leoben in Styria continue to heat up emotions. As the Interior Ministry has now announced, 266 asylum seekers have disappeared since November – that’s one in six!
A request from the FPÖ to Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) revealed spicy figures about the asylum rooms in Leoben: almost every sixth asylum seeker who was housed in the former Baumax hall has gone into hiding!
The neighborhoods reopened on November 22, 2021, and a total of 1,665 men have been admitted since then. According to the interior minister, 266 of them were “reported as absent and evaded the procedure”.
Half of all Afghans settled
Afghans form the largest group of people in hiding: 81 of the 159 have fled. Of the Syrians – with 1063 people they form the largest group in Leoben – only 36 accumulated.
Recently, asylum seekers from India, Pakistan and Tunisia have been the focus of attention. According to the Minister of the Interior, these people have no chance of a successful asylum application, which is why an “anti-marketing campaign” has been launched in these countries. Seven of the twelve Indians in Leoben are in hiding, and the percentage is even higher for Tunisians (17 out of 20) and Pakistanis (seven out of eight).
Mayor not happy with asylum seekers center
Leobens mayor Kurt Wallner (SPÖ) has repeatedly spoken out against the asylum center and complains about a lack of communication with the federal authorities: “You often see buses there. You cannot understand whether people are being brought or picked up,” says Wallner.
The FPÖ is also taking those responsible hard to court: “The reopening of the Baumax hall proves the complete failure of this federal government in the field of asylum and migration,” said Marco Triller, member of Leobner’s state parliament. The costs were also the subject of the investigation and were estimated at a total of 1.9 million euros.
Source: Krone
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