Austrian Support for Deportation of Criminal Asylum Seekers Shoots to 197,000
The referendum came as Austria, with its nine million-strong population, saw a tripling of the number of asylum applications filed between 2021 and 2022.
The referendum came as Austria, with its nine million-strong population, saw a tripling of the number of asylum applications filed between 2021 and 2022.
“The figures, therefore, show the highest net immigration recorded to date within a reporting year since the start of the time series in 1950,” the Federal Statistical Office said.
The change comes just as the Belarussian government loosened restrictions on non-European migrations coming into the country who could cross into Poland.
In Nottingham, the police have just been granted an extra 36 hours to question the suspect—that should give us all the chance to start singing “Don’t look back in anger,” before any anger has the bad taste to show itself.
The hijacking occurred after migrant stowaways were discovered on a Turkish-registered transport vessel.
“Brussels is abusing its power,” PM Viktor Orbán said after the migrant redistribution scheme was pushed through by the majority. Poland and Hungary voted against it, while five other member states abstained.
Officials backed down to their demands and have given the migrants, who are seeking asylum status, what they wanted, according to reports.
The federal interior ministry—generally responsible for determining whose asylum claims are legitimate—has outsourced this task to the approximately 100 NGOs involved in the program.
The Austrian interior ministry recorded 1,183 criminal offenses—including crimes like rape, sexual abuse of children, physical harm, murder, document forgery, fraud, and theft—that took place at asylum centers in 2022, a year-over-year increase of 57.5%.
Three progressive MEPs called for the parliamentarians to be censured and subject to financial sanctions for their speeches.
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