Austrian Migration Policy and the Events in Afghanistan and Belarus
Austrian Migration Policy and the Events in Afghanistan and Belarus

Author(s): Łukasz Ogrodnik
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Migration Studies, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Afghanistan; Belarus; Austria; migration policy;
Summary/Abstract: Contrary to the government’s rhetoric about restrictive migration policy, Austria remains open to the settlement of people from outside the EU. The takeover of power by the Taliban in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021 and the intensifying crisis on the border between EU countries and Belarus stimulated the Austrian government in international forums in the field of migration. The prospects for cooperation with the V4 countries in this regard were heightened after interior minister Karl Nehammer was elevated to Chancellor.

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