Sharp drop in seizures in Burgenland: just 100 in January, compared to 2,261 last year.
O Decline in asylum applications continued at the beginning of the year. That's how January 2,287 registrations in the comparison month of 2023 there was still 4,288. Syrians are now by far the largest group of refugees.
What is unusual is that Women they submitted almost as many applications as men, a good 1,000 compared to just under 1,300. These are 45 percentt of requests. For comparison: in 2023 as a whole it was just 24 percent.
The fact that there is currently a decline can also be seen from the Access numbersespecially the one that borders Hungary Burgenland.
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There were 100 arrests there throughout January, compared with 2,261 in the same period last year. This is also due to a Changing routeswhich the Ministry of the Interior attributes to the increase in controls in Austria.
So record Slovenia (47 percent more) and Bosnia It is Herzegovina (plus 75 percent) recorded the largest increases in seizures in January 2024. This “coastal route” to Italy it is already responsible for 75% of total seizures in the Balkans.
Asylum requests: Austria in eighth place in Europe
- In Europe there was more than in January 77,571 asylum requests almost as many applications as in the previous year (five percent less).
- Registrations increased sharply Greece (more 46 percent) and in Italy (plus 45 percent).
- Extrapolated to the population Austria in statistics at European level eighth place and therefore significantly further behind than in previous years.
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Scale 2,000 apps received asylum or subsidiary protection status this year. There were also around 70 residence permits for particularly important reasons. A total of more than 36,500 cases are still open.
77,300 people in primary care, half from Ukraine
Remains heavily busy primary care. As of February 1, it included approximately 77,300 people. This value is significantly lower than a year ago, but with this exception, the last time more people were served at this level was in 2017.
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Of course, this has less to do with actual asylum seekers than with people displaced from Ukraine, who currently represent 52 percent of those in basic needs.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, 979 people left the country in January – 461 left on their own, 518 by force. In the case of forced removals out of the country, 41 percent of people have criminal convictions. However, in many cases, these are not asylum seekers, but EU citizens from other countries.