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6 hours agoNot good news for visas: Austrians worry about refugees from Kosovo
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)A Kosovo Assembly delegation has been staying in Austria for the last days, where it reportedly has received this country's support for visa liberalisation. But Austrians have concerns for refugees going from Kosovo there. Austria's Foreign Affairs Minister, Karin Kneissl, has shown concern that in Austria they are going [...]
A Kosovo Assembly delegation has been staying in Austria for the last days, where it reportedly has received this country's support for visa liberalisation. But Austrians have concerns for refugees going from Kosovo there. Austria's Foreign Affairs Minister, Karin Kneissl, has shown concern that a large number of refugees from Kosovo and Albania are going to Austria.
She has said that for weeks she is analyzing reports of Austrian embassies, which talk of huge refugee growth.
In an interview for Handelblatt, Austrian top diplomat has been mentioned to Kosovo and Albania and the number of refugees going there.
I've been studying our embassies' reports in Southeast Europe for weeks about increasing the large number of refugees. Lately, I was on a private visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina and I have seen that there are many young people in the park who have gone there to different streets”, Kneissl said.
It has added that migration due to future wars will be reduced but will increase because many people in their countries have not been able to obtain status.
According to the top diplomat, migration from North Africa and the Middle East is not motivated by wars.
“What the situation is making difficult is demographic development”, the Austrian Foreign Minister has said.
According to Kneissel, to prevent a new wave is necessary to do more, she has said, stressing that past summer has shown that the capacities up to date are not enough.
Austria's “government will ensure that there will be no more illegal border crossings, because no one has the interest to repeat the 2015 situations and 2016”, the minister has said.
But Austria's president, Alexander Van der Bellen, does not see any increasing number of refugees. He during his visit to Amnesty International in Austria has said he sees no increasing number of refugees in Europe.
“For a large number cannot be spoken”, he said.
Austria takes a strong stance that the EU must do more in order to reduce the number of migrants to the EU. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has stated that there has been a secret time in which talks are under way to have a centre of immigrants in Europe, but outside EU borders. The registry of a potential country for this is huge, but Serbia and Albania are also mentioned. Commenting on where such a centre might be located, Kurz said: “
