230,000 Ukraine refugees entered Austria – Austria
The Federal Chancellery provides information on the current situation of the Ukraine refugees in Austria. More than 230,000 people have already come to the country.
War has been raging in Ukraine for 36 days. Several million people have already been displaced. The Austrian federal government recently appointed a refugee coordinator in Michael Takacs. In the afternoon, the Chancellery published a current situation report.
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Poland alone has registered 2.3 million refugees so far, and around 500,000 people from Ukraine have traveled to Romania. There were a similar number in Moldova (450,000). In Hungary there are 300,000, in Slovakia 250,000 and in Germany 240,000.
About 231,600 people have entered Austria since the start of the Ukraine war. It is currently still the case that more than 80 percent of people travel to other countries. The Federal Chancellery speaks of around 190,000 people.
42,000 registered refugees in Austria
42,000 people have been registered in Austria so far and have thus been given the status of displaced persons. On Wednesday alone, “about 2,000 people” from Ukraine were registered across the country, they say. “In addition to the arrival centers and accommodations of the federal and state governments, more than 46,000 private accommodation places have been registered through the coordination office of the BBU, which have been issued to the federal states.”
The good news: So far, only about 20 percent of the quarters that have been made available privately have been occupied. Of the approximately 9,000 reported accommodation providers, around 60 percent, also 5,400, have been connected so far. Visiting and checking other quarters is the task of the federal states. Accommodations with more than 100 quarters are controlled by the federal government.
According to its own information, the Ministry of the Interior set up an additional infrastructure for the registration of arrivals last week. Using a 225 module, which includes a passport reader, a fingerprint device and a laptop with the appropriate software, registration can also be carried out on the go at over 50 locations. Registration takes a maximum of ten minutes per person. Misuse is to be prevented by so-called EURODAC checks by the police.
“Blue Card” as a separate “ID for displaced persons”
It is a special ID card for displaced persons, a “blue ID card”. This can be used as a travel document. It can also be used at the AMS as a template for employment permits and for enrolment. From a legal point of view, the colloquial “blue card” represents another variant of the already existing EU residence permit.
The card itself is a modern high-security document and is protected at an analogue level by several security features such as microwriting, a kinegram, UV features, OVI (optically variable ink) and tactile features (elevations that can be felt with the finger). In addition, the biometric data of the owner are stored on a chip in the residence permit (as with passports and identity cards) and thus also protect against manipulation on a digital level