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Austria Halts Asylum Procedure for Syrians: Consequences and Reactions
One day after the fall of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, Austria and many other European countries drastically revised their asylum policies for Syrian citizens. Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) instructed Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) to suspend all ongoing Syrian asylum procedures and to review existing grants of asylum. This also applies to family reunification, which will be temporarily halted. Germany, Italy, and Great Britain have also taken similar steps.
According to the Austrian Ministry of the Interior, the measure affects around 7,300 asylum procedures at first instance. The Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum (BFA) has been instructed to suspend the procedures for the time being. A total of 12,886 asylum procedures for Syrian nationals are currently open in Austria, including 1,146 family reunification cases.
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