Minister Susanne Raab presented the current integration report on Monday morning. This shows that Austria is currently facing two waves of migration: on the one hand, these are the displaced persons from Ukraine, on the other hand, the general number of asylum seekers is increasing strongly and with 88,000 applications from the beginning of the year to the end of June, they even exceed the year 2015. 2021 approximately 2.24 million people with a migration background lived in Austria, an increase of 4.8 percent compared to the previous year. This means that more than every fourth person in Austria has a migration background.
According to the integration report, some 40,000 asylum applications were submitted in 2021, 170% more than in the previous year. About 12,000 people were granted asylum (plus 4,000 compared to 2020). Most of them came from Syria (6900), Afghanistan (2600) and Iran (600).
The number of unemployed and people in training has therefore decreased for all population groups compared to 2020 (-14%). The highest unemployment rates were recorded for men and women who are third-country nationals (16.2% and 18.5% respectively), especially those from refugee countries of origin.
27 percent of all students do not speak German at home
This data is also noticeable in schools: 27 percent of all pupils had a family language other than German. According to the integration report, 1,124,900 children and young people went to school in the 2020/21 school year. For 818,600 (73 percent), German was the most widely spoken language in everyday life and in the family. 306,300, ie the 27 percent mentioned above, had a family language other than German.
Young people with a migration background less likely to work
Young people with a migration background (13%) were about twice as likely in 2021 to not be in work or in education compared to young people without a migration background (7%). Depending on the state, foreigners made up between 45% and 61% of the social assistance recipients.
More than 80,000 displaced persons from Ukraine registered
More than 80,000 Ukrainian displaced persons have been registered as of July 2022. The majority of adults are women (83%). There are also a large number of children and young people among the displaced from Ukraine (36% of all displaced by mid-June 2022). By mid-June 2022, 6,700 Ukrainian displaced persons had found work, mainly in the hospitality industry, trade, agriculture and gardening. In June 2022, about 55,000 of the Ukrainians registered in Austria were in basic care.
Source: Krone
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