Quarters closed – asylum applications continue to fall

According to monthly statistics, 1,704 applications were filed in August. That is 74 percent less than in the comparable month of 2023, when 7,043 applications were filed. This means that August is also the month with the lowest number of asylum applications and the month with the largest decrease compared to the previous year.

2024 with the lowest number since the Corona pandemic
In total, 16,949 applications were registered this year. That is a decrease of 53 percent. This means that in 2020 we are heading for the lowest number of asylum applications since the first Corona year. These figures also mean that the hall capacity has been reduced.

Several neighborhoods closed
On September 15, the federal headquarters in Semmering, Klingenbach, Vienna and Korneuburg were closed. This means that only eleven facilities are still in operation. At the beginning of this year, there were twenty. At the beginning of September, 71,050 people were accommodated in basic care, with Ukrainians forming the majority.

Syrians are by far the largest group
In terms of origin of refugees, Syrians are by far the largest group this year, with over 10,000 applications. The fact that family reunification is no longer the same factor as at the beginning of this year is evident from the significant drop in the number of female asylum seekers. In August, almost 31 percent of applications came from women. In the first half of the year, this was always between 44 and 49 percent.

This year, 19,098 applications were approved, of which 12,688 were asylum applications. The rest were granted subsidiary protection or humanitarian residence.

According to preliminary figures on deportations in the first eight months, 8,912 people left the country, 52 percent of them by force. According to the Ministry of the Interior, 45 percent of this group had criminal convictions.