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Austria

Country Report: Statistics Last updated: 05/05/23

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Overview of statistical practice

Asylum statistics are published on a monthly basis by the Ministry of Interior, providing information on asylum applicants and main nationalities. As of 2016, these monthly reports also provide decisions at first and second instance.[1] The Federal Agency for Immigration and Asylum (BFA) also publishes short annual statistical overviews (Jahresbilanzen).[2]

 

Applications and granting of protection status at first and second instance: 2022

  Applicants in 2022 Pending at end of 2022 Refugee status Subsidiary protection In merit Rejection on asylum Refugee rate Sub. Prot. rate Rejection rate
Total 112,272 53,107 13,779 5,675 21,612 33.6% 13.8% 52.6%
Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers
Afghanistan 25,038 7,419 1,882 1,608 71 52.9% 45.2% 1.9%
India 20,047 7,646 1 1 4,746 0.02% 0.02% 99.9%
 Syria 19,747 17,244 9,229 2,677  68 77.1% 22.3% 0.56%
Tunisia 13,126 2,478 2 3 6,371 0.03% 0.05% 99.9%
Morocco 8,699 3,966 13 1 3,627 0.35% 0.03% 99.6%
 Pakistan 7,984 2,023 57 2 3,961 1.4% 0.05% 98.5%
Türkiye 5,291 2,864 105 4 254 28.9% 1.1% 70%
Somalia 1,836 2,254 650 512 196 47.9% 37.7% 14.4%
 Egypt 1,579 379 15 1 484 3% 0.2% 96.8%
 Bangladesh 1,121 453 27 1 385 6.5% 0.2% 93.2%

Source: Ministry of Interior.

* Rates are based on in merits decisions.

 

Rejection only refers to negative decisions concerning asylum. This does not lead to the conclusion that in all rejected cases a return decision was issued or that no other status was issued, as illustrated below.

  Rejection on asylum All rejections on asylum (incl. Dublin) Return decisions
Total 21,612 31,095 24,775
Afghanistan 71 4,815 70
India 4,746 4,746 4,415
 Syria  68 1,296 35
Tunisia 6,371 6,151 6,410
Morocco 3,627 3,887 3,385
 Pakistan 3,961 4,176 4,005
Türkiye 254 243 415
Somalia 196 319 45
 Egypt 484 656 680
 Bangladesh 385 501 455

Source: Ministry of Interior; for return decisions, Eurostat, ‘Third country nationals ordered to leave – annual data (rounded)’, updated 25 April 2023.

* Return decisions concern all third country nationals, not only rejected asylum seekers, and may concern rejected asylum seekers of previous years.

 

Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants: 2022

  Number Percentage
Total number of applicants 112,272 100%
Men (incl. children) 102,132 91.05%
Women (incl. children) 10,140 8.95%
Children 23,199 20.72%
Unaccompanied children 13,276 12.09%

Source: Ministry of Interior, Asylwesen 2022, Annual statistics, available at: https://bit.ly/3Lmfuep.

 

Comparison between first instance and appeal decision rates: 2022

  First instance Appeal
  Number Percentage Number Percentage
Total number of decisions 89,447 100%
Positive decisions 16,480 18.43%
  • Refugee status
11,466 12.82%
  • Subsidiary protection
4,829 5.4%
–        Article 8 ECHR 185 0.2%
Negative decisions 30,261 33.84%
–        Formal reasons 8,649 9.67%
–        On merits 21,612 24.17%
Other (eg discontinued cases) 42,696 47.73%

Source: Ministry of Interior, Detailed Statistics of BFA 2022, available at: https://bit.ly/3KFUlvw/.

Data on appeals was not available at time of writing.

* Rejection only refers to negative decisions concerning asylum. This does not lead to the conclusion that in all rejected cases a return decision was issued or that no other status was issued.

* Negative decisions based on ‘formal reasons’ includes decisions in Dublin cases and cases in which there is no examination on merits because of protection granted by another EU Member State or because of adjudicated case (res judicata).

 

 

 

[1] Ministry of Interior, Asylum Statistics, available in German at: http://bit.ly/2xmiKOT.

[2] BFA, Statistics, available in German at: http://bit.ly/1XKnnsy. These have been published since 2014.

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of the of the main changes since the previous report update
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • ANNEX I – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation