Salzburg’s asylum quarters are also at the limit
Around 3,800 people are currently accommodated in the country’s basic supply quarters – three times as many as at the beginning of the year – two thirds of them are war refugees from Ukraine, almost 600 asylum seekers come from Syria. The situation is tense, there are no more free places.
Hotel Kobenzl can no longer be used, the federal government still pays
The LH deputy responsible for asylum wants people to be accommodated in tents over the winter. Avoid Heinrich Schellhorn (Greens). Nobody wants a situation in which the federal government has to put people in tents again, says Schellhorn. He appeals to the municipalities to be able to implement neighborhood squares.
While the federal government is putting up tents in the federal states, a former large federal district in Salzburg stands empty – the Hotel Kobenzl am Gaisberg. There were 60 initial reception places there during the wave of refugees in 2015. The contract with the federal government is still running, but according to the Federal Agency for Care and Support Services, the building is no longer suitable for accommodating people. The federal government still pays almost 30,000 euros in rent for it every month. In any case, Asylum Councilor Schellhorn emphasizes that the use of a permanent building is preferable to camping.
The situation in the federal states
When it comes to fulfilling the care quotas for refugees, Vienna does the freestyle, Burgenland the obligation and the rest of the states lag behind what was agreed. As of today, 34,879 people in the federal capital were in basic care and thus 15,433 more than actually required. This means that Vienna overflows the quota with a good 179 percent.
Burgenland, which is most affected by border crossings, has accommodated more people than it should, namely 70 people. The quota is therefore 102 percent fulfilled.
Salzburg with a quote at the back
While Lower Austria, at 89 percent, is still quite close to the specifications thanks to the overcrowded initial reception center in Traiskirchen, the other federal states are lagging far behind. Carinthia brings up the rear with 62 percent – one of the reasons why the first tents were set up in Villach and Carinthia.
Another candidate, even if the country is fighting back, is Tyrol. Almost 4,900 refugees are accommodated there – but you would have to take in a good 7,700, which means that the quota fulfillment is 63 percent. Vorarlberg does not even reach 70 percent, Salzburg is not far above that. In absolute numbers, most of the places in Upper Austria are missing, namely 3,544. There, too, the first tents are now standing on the grounds of the Thalham initial reception center.
Asylum quarters at the limit
In Salzburg, too, those responsible for accommodating asylum seekers are reaching their limits