Austria

Vienna: More safe Countries of origin

Like Germany, Austria, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria to such safe countries, in order to mainly economic migrants to fend off. Also, the controls on the southern border to be strengthened.

Control of refugees on the Austrian-Slovenian border in the field

Also in Georgia, Ghana and Mongolia are by a Cabinet decision of the government in Vienna to the list of safe Countries of origin has been recorded. If there is to be economic migrants handle, had the “clear” Signal to be given, that it for you have no protection in Austria, give, picked up by the conservative interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner in Vienna. Refugees from safe classified States of origin are in an accelerated asylum procedure are subject.

The coalition in Berlin had at the end of January the classification of the North African countries of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia as safe countries of origin was decided. So should the recent strong increase in Numbers of refugees from these countries will be reduced. The project of the Federal Council have yet to agree.

Last day 1000 refugees in the field

Austria’s Chancellor Werner Faymann

In addition, it wants the Viennese government in the face of possible new Flüchtlingsrouten the border controls in the southern States extend. “We have instructed all technical implementations, in order to be checked immediately, if it is necessary”, said Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann. Specifically, it wants the country to prepare in the future, also the borders with Italy the migrants to be able to control, for example on the Brenner pass and on the Carinthian border crossing at Arnoldstein. The majority of the refugees currently on the Slovenian-Styrian border crossing in the field to Austria. Polizeiangaben according to came last every day approximately 1000 refugees there.

Faymann defended in this context, the recently adopted upper limit of 37,500 refugees for this year: “It was right, a benchmark set, and thus a Signal to enter, Austria may not be refugees for an indefinite number.” Become necessary this step, because the Plan A – a European solution to the refugee issue – did not work.

sti/se (afp, dpa)