FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl wants a “Fortress Austria”, de-attractive to immigrants and canceling all monetary benefits.
“Flight is a human right,” said the new SPÖ boss Andi Babler, who thinks that migration is “not a very big issue” for people. The FPÖ chairman Herbert Kickl sees things differently. In the National Council meeting next week, he wants to submit a motion for an immediate asylum freeze.
There should be no more asylum applications on Austrian soil, because after all Austria is only surrounded by safe countries. In addition, the FPÖ wants a switch from cash to benefits in kind not only for asylum seekers, but also for those entitled to asylum and those entitled to subsidiary protection. The climate bonus should also be canceled without replacement.
“New migration of peoples”
In this context, Kickl speaks of an escalating “new migration of peoples” that Austria sees itself exposed to and that the “catastrophe” of 2015 and 2016 has already been surpassed this year. Austria, which is to be expanded into a “fortress”, needs to be de-attracted.
No solution can be expected from the EU here, since it is itself part of the problem: “The recent agreement on an asylum pact, which, among other things, provides for a mandatory distribution mechanism for illegal immigrants, is just further proof that this ‘new migration of peoples’ can only be stopped at our own borders. And that only requires the political will, which only we Liberals have as the only stable political force!”, Kickl continued.
2023-06-11 19:26:05
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