Federal support center for asylum seekers

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The federal care centers for asylum seekers in Austria provide care and basic care for asylum seekers and other foreigners in need.

legal framework

Legal bases are

  • the Asylum Reception Directive 2003/9 / EG
  • the Basic Services Act - Federal 2005 (Federal Law Gazette No. I 100/2005 as amended by Federal Law Gazette I No. 122/2009)
  • the basic service agreement (GVV) between the federal government and the federal states according to Art. 15a B-VG (Federal Law Gazette No. I 80/2004)
  • corresponding state laws

Development, structure and operation

The federal care centers have been run by private operators under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior since 2003, by European Homecare until 2011 and by the Swiss ORS Service since 2012 .

The Traiskirchen camp and the one in Thalham (St. Georgen im Attergau) were, in addition to their function as a federal care center, until 2015, as well as initial reception centers  (EAST) for asylum seekers ( EAST East and West ). In addition, there were three other institutions with the federal care centers in the north in Bad Kreuzen , south in Reichenau an der Rax and in the center in Vienna.

The initial reception centers served as quarters during the waiting period for the admission procedure for the asylum procedure. From there, asylum seekers admitted to the procedure were accommodated for basic care in around 700 different facilities in the federal states, which are usually managed on a contractual basis with NGOs as part of the task of the states ( as a federal-state agreement ) . Since the refugee crisis in Europe in 2015 , distribution quarters have been created in the federal states to relieve the overcrowded initial reception centers. Due to the Aliens Law Amendment Act 2015 ( Federal Law Gazette I No. 70/2015 ), asylum seekers no longer have to be brought to the initial reception centers; the initial assessment can also be carried out on site in the individual federal states. These distribution areas are also looked after by the ORS.

In mid-August 2015, the Federal Ministry of the Interior declared that “when looking for quarters for people on the move, our federal state's competence in finding solutions is reaching its limits” and called on all social forces to help find quarters for the refugees.

There is also an initial reception center for the airport at Vienna-Schwechat Airport , which was operated directly by the Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum , later by Caritas and since January 2017, like all other federal institutions, by ORS.

Due to the harsh winter, homeless people were also allowed to stay in the care centers in February 2018 until further notice if the usual emergency sleeping places were occupied.

Federal care centers

There are currently (as of February 2018) 28 federal care centers:

Seven distribution areas:

  • Distribution center Carinthia, Ossiach
  • Distribution district Lower Austria, Traiskirchen
  • Distribution district Upper Austria, Bad Kreuzen
  • Distribution area Salzburg, Bergheim
  • Distribution area Styria, Graz
  • Distribution area Tyrol / Vorarlberg, Innsbruck
  • Distribution area Vienna / Burgenland, Vienna

Fifteen care centers:

Five special care centers:

Such as:

  • First reception point at the airport, Schwechat

In addition, as part of an asylum cooperation agreement between Austria and Slovakia, a care center in Gabčíkovo is operated by ORS, in which up to 500 asylum seekers can be cared for until the Austrian authorities have completed the asylum procedure.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Asylum System: Care . BMI.gv.at (updated content, last accessed June 23, 2017).
  2. ↑ ORS Service GmbH (orsservice.at) ; ORS Service AG (ors.ch) .
  3. ↑ cf. Special contracts with ORS Service-GmbH? Parliamentary question 5273 / J, XXV. GP, received June 2, 2015, in parlament.gv.at: Parliamentary materials ; Answer by Mikl-Leitner, 5106 / AB, July 31, 2015 (pdf);
    in particular enclosed disclosed: care contract asylum seeker care GZ. BMI-FW1600 / 0037-IV / 5/2011 between the Republic of Austria, represented by the Federal Minister of the Interior and ORS Service AG (pdf).
  4. ↑ BMI: Care through the ages. In: Public Safety 3–4, 2013, section federal care centers , p. 42 ( article pdf , bmi.gv.at, p. 2 there).
  5. ↑ a b For example: Basic care for foreigners in need of help and protection - refugee aid. noe.gv.at; Basic care for strangers (asylum seekers). land-oberoesterreich.gv.at; Basic care ( memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). salzburg.gv.at; - the same in the other countries.
  6. ^ Asylum: There are still three distribution centers missing. Asylum: Monday start for seven distribution centers. ORF.at, June 23 and July 17, 2015.
  7. ^ Aliens Law Amendment Act 2015 (582 dB). Parliamentary materials, National Council - XXV. GP government drafts (laws) 582 dB, parlament.gv.at.
  8. ↑ Aliens law package brings a number of innovations for asylum procedures - National Council amends government draft in some points. Parliamentary correspondence No. 538 of May 21, 2015, parlament.gv.at.
  9. ↑ Answer to question 5273 / J , Mikl-Leitner, 5106 / AB, July 31, 2015, to questions 25 to 27 , p. 5 (25: “Is it planned that ORS Service GmbH will be in other care centers or also in the new 'Distribution centers' to be created should take over the care? ").
  10. ^ Austria: Government asks population for help with refugee reception. Deutsche Wirtschaftsnachrichten, August 18, 2015, accessed on September 22, 2015 .
  11. ^ Asylum system: authorities, bmi.gv.at
  12. ↑ Kickl wants to accommodate the homeless in asylum quarters.
  13. ^ Asylum system: authorities . BMI.gv.at (updated content, last accessed July 5, 2017).
  14. ↑ A list can also be found in the Care Facilities Entry Ordinance 2005: Ordinance of the Federal Minister of the Interior, with which unauthorized entry and unauthorized stay in the federal care facilities is prohibited 2005 (BEBV 2005) . StF: BGBl. II No. 2/2005 (i. D. F. BGBl. II No. 149/2016, online, ris.bka ).