Austria has decided on a series of very important new measures, announced even by Chancellor Karl Nehammer, together with the Minister of the Interior, Gerhard Karner, and this is because, based on this decision, the cooperation between the government in Vienna and those in Hungary and The Western Balkans, especially Serbia, the main transit country for migrants.
Austria has already concluded an agreement with India for more Indians to be sent back to their country of origin if their asylum application is refused, but after the refusal to allow Romania to join Schengen, the Austrians are looking to strengthen relations including with other countries through which the migrants who arrive on their territory pass, even if they are not in the European Union now.
Austria says that in 2023 it will intensify this cooperation to help states stop more of the migrants who would normally arrive on its territory, and this as an additional measure for those who want to solve the problem of the asylum system from the European Union, this being a main request for allowing Romania's accession to Schengen.
"The brake on asylum applications has an effect. Close cooperation with the countries of the Western Balkans and Hungary is a decisive factor in the fight against the smuggling mafia. We will continue this intensively this year.
Austria wants to intensively continue the close cooperation with the states of the Western Balkans and Hungary. Men from India and Tunisia, in particular, had previously flown to Belgrade without a visa and then entered the European Union with the help of smugglers. In Austria, India and Tunisia rank third and fourth in asylum statistics, after Afghanistan and Syria."
