The number of asylum applications in Austria continues to fall this year. According to the Ministry of the Interior, almost 4,300 asylum applications were submitted in January, about 40 percent less than in December, when there were about 7,000 applications. Most applications came from Moroccan citizens.
For February, the Ministry of the Interior expects a further decrease in the number of applications by up to 40 percent compared to January. The Ministry of the Interior is looking for the reasons for the sharp drop in the number of asylum applications in recent months in “intensive checks by the Austrian police on Hungarian territory as part of Operation Fox”, but especially in the end of visa-free travel for Tunisians and Indians in Serbia was called in a broadcast.
If you compare the application numbers in January with previous years, a different picture emerges: in January 2022 there were 3,349 asylum applications, in January 2021 there were 1,587. Most asylum applications (4,288 in total) in January were submitted by Moroccan citizens (1,203 ), followed by people from Syria (828), Afghanistan (657), India (378) and Turkey (279).
The chance of asylum for people from Morocco is extremely low, last year only 13 Moroccan citizens were granted asylum in Austria, which corresponds to a recognition rate of 0.3 percent.
Nehammer and Karner travel to Morocco
Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) will travel to Morocco on Monday and Tuesday. The Ministry of the Interior has announced that it wants to focus the talks there mainly on the subject of illegal migration and readmission.
Source: Krone
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